15-letter words containing d, i, v, s
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- vested interest — a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons.
- vice-presidency — the position of a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US, and serves as his deputy
- vicissitudinous — a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
- villeda morales — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909?–71, Honduran diplomat and statesman: president 1957–63.
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
- visayan islands — a group of seven large and several hundred small islands in the central Philippines. Chief islands: Negros and Panay. Pop: 15 528 346 (2000). Area: about 61 000 sq km (23 535 sq miles)
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- volcano islands — a group of three volcanic islands in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: the largest is Iwo Jima, taken by US forces in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968. Area: about 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- vreni schneider — Vreni [vren-ee] /ˈvrɛn i/ (Show IPA), born 1964, Swiss Alpine ski racer.
- well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.