14-letter words containing n, a, i, v, e, r
- 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
- verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
- vernal equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- 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.
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- vienna fortran — A data-parallel extension of Fortran 77 for distributed memory multiprocessors by Hans Zima <[email protected]>, Vienna University.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- virginia fence — snake fence.
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- warning device — alarm or danger signal
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yeoman service — excellent service