14-letter words containing g, a, l, v, n, i
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- relieving arch — discharging arch.
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
- televangelical — relating to televangelism
- unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
- vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
- vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
- vaginal tablet — A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection.
- vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- venezia giulia — a former region of NE Italy, at the N end of the Adriatic: now mainly in Croatia and Slovenia. The larger part, including the area surrounding the Free Territory of Trieste, was ceded to Yugoslavia 1947; the part remaining in Italy merged with Udine to form Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vital staining — the technique of treating living cells and tissues with dyes that do not immediately kill them, facilitating observation with a microscope
- vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.