14-letter words containing o, e, u, v
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- georges cuvier — Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- group of seven — G7.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- have bought it — to be killed
- hors d'oeuvres — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
- jesus movement — Christian movement that combined a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- judge advocate — a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- missouri river — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- mount demavend — a volcanic peak in N Iran, in the Elburz Mountains. Height: 5671 m (18 606 ft)
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- native country — the country someone is born in or native to
- nervous energy — an excess of energy that you have when you are apprehensive or worried
- nervous nellie — a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.
- nervous system — the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
- neurocognitive — Pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain.
- neurodivergent — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
- never you mind — You use never you mind to tell someone not to ask about something because it is not their concern or they should not know about it.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.