15-letter words containing r, e, v, u
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- mount vancouver — a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- orekhovo-zuyevo — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow.
- over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
- over-articulate — excessively articulate
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- over-scrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- over-structured — excessively structured or organized.
- overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overthrust belt — an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth's crust.
- overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overzealousness — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- porcupine river — a river in NW Yukon Territory, Canada and NE Alaska, flowing N and W to the Yukon River. 448 miles (721 km) long.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- postdivestiture — taking place after divestiture
- pressure vessel — a vessel designed for containing substances, reactions, etc, at pressures above atmospheric pressure
- principal value — a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.
- private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
- puerperal fever — a systemic bacterial infection of the endometrium characterized by fever, rapid heartbeat, uterine tenderness, and malodorous discharge, chiefly occurring in women after childbirth, usually as the result of unsterile obstetric procedures.
- puerto vallarta — a city in W Mexico.