14-letter words containing r, e, v, o, l, i
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overprivileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- prairie clover — any plant belonging to the genus Petalostemon, of the legume family, common in western North America, having pinnately compound leaves and spikes of white, purple, or pink flowers.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preoperatively — in a preoperative context
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- 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.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- relative major — the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- 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 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.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.