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14-letter words containing r, s, v

  • turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
  • ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
  • ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
  • unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • undeservedness — the quality or state of being undeserved
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
  • universal time — (time, standard)   (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
  • universitarian — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • unresolvedness — the state of being unresolved or irresolute
  • unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
  • v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
  • vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
  • vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
  • valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
  • valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
  • van conversion — van2 (def 4).
  • van rensselaer — Kiliaen [kee-lee-ahn] /ˈki liˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1595–1644, Dutch merchant: founder of Dutch West India Company 1621; large landowner in America, colonizing along the Hudson River (ancestor of Stephen Van Rensselaer).
  • vapor pressure — the pressure exerted by the molecules of a vapor, especially that part of the total pressure exerted by vapor in a mixture of gases, as by water vapor in air.
  • vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
  • variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
  • varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • varsity sports — sports involving the main or first teams at a high school, college, or university
  • vascular plant — a plant having a vascular system.
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.
  • venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
  • 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).
  • verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
  • verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
  • vesper sparrow — a common finch, Pooecetes gramineus, of fields and pastures in North America, noted for its evening song.
  • 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.
  • vestmannaeyjar — a group of 14 small Icelandic islands off the S coast of Iceland.
  • 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.
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