15-letter words containing l, o, v, e, i, r
- riviere-du-loup — a city in SE Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- silver chloride — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.
- silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- social services — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- ulterior motive — secret or underlying aim
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- villeda morales — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909?–71, Honduran diplomat and statesman: president 1957–63.
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- where one lives — in one's sensitive or defenceless position
- wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).