15-letter words containing r, o, f, v
- negative profit — a financial loss
- node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
- olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
- on the verge of — about to
- over-confidence — too confident.
- over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
- overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
- overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
- oxford movement — the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 in opposition to liberalizing, rationalizing, and evangelical tendencies and emphasizing the principles of primitive and patristic Christianity as well as the historic and catholic character of the church.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- purple foxglove — a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- reserve officer — a noncareer commissioned officer in a military reserve unit who has served on active duty and who may be recalled to active service during an emergency.
- retroreflective — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
- revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
- self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
- tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
- volunteer force — a group of unpaid workers
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.