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14-letter words containing r, e, v, i, n

  • venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
  • venturi (tube) — a short tube with a constricted, throatlike passage that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of a fluid conveyed through it: used to measure the flow of a fluid, to operate instruments, as in aircraft, to regulate the mixture in a carburetor, etc.
  • venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
  • venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
  • venus-figurine — Venus (def 3).
  • 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)
  • vernier engine — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
  • 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 angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • vertical union — industrial union.
  • 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
  • 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 president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
  • vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
  • vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
  • vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • virgin's-bower — any of several American clematis plants, esp Clematis virginiana, of E North America, which has clusters of small white flowers
  • virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
  • virginia fence — snake fence.
  • visiting nurse — a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
  • visiting terms — a degree of acquaintance in which you know someone well enough to visit
  • 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
  • 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
  • your seventies — the ages between 70–79
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