14-letter words containing n, u, v
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- rejuvenescence — becoming young again.
- revenue cutter — cutter (def 4).
- revenue stream — method of income
- 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.
- rule of eleven — the rule that when a player leads his or her fourth-highest card in any suit its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.
- 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.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- scout movement — the group of people who set up the Scout Association and those who currently are involved with it, considered with their organized action
- self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- seventh avenue — an avenue in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- 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
- southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- 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
- stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
- student driver — someone who is learning to drive
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- 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).
- the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- 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.