14-letter words containing n, o, r, e, v, c
- senior service — the Royal Navy
- seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- 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
- stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
- the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- under cover of — concealed
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- van conversion — van2 (def 4).
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
- vena contracta — any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, especially the location of minimum cross section nearest the orifice.
- 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
- vernier rocket — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- 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.
- voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- well-conserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
- yeoman service — excellent service