14-letter words containing i, n, u, v
- pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- put it over on — to deceive; trick
- quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
- self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- situs inversus — a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- student driver — someone who is learning to drive
- subjectiveness — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- subversiveness — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supersensitive — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
- tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
- transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
- unappreciative — feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.
- unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
- unattractively — in an unattractive manner
- unavailability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
- unchauvinistic — not chauvinistic