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14-letter words containing g, i, v, e, s

  • non-regressive — Biology. of, relating to, or effecting regression.
  • nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
  • nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
  • over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
  • overaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
  • overgenerosity — the quality of being too generous
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
  • progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
  • reprovisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • 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
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
  • speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
  • stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
  • swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
  • swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
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