14-letter words containing n, o, d, i, v
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- oversensitized — to render sensitive.
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- radiosensitive — (of certain tissues or organisms) sensitive to or destructible by various types of radiant energy, as x-rays, rays from radioactive material, or the like.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- short division — division, especially by a one-digit divisor, in which the steps of the process are performed mentally and are not written down.
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- sivananda yoga — a gentle form of yoga which concentrates on breathing control, stretching, and silent meditation
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
- tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
- the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- trial division — trial department
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- unprovided for — without income or means
- 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.
- valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vasodilatation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- 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
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- well-conceived — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
- zenaida (dove) — either of two wild doves, (Zenaida aurita) of Florida and the Caribbean, or (Z. asiatica) of the SW U.S. to Chile