14-letter words containing r, v, a, l, u, e
- 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.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
- rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- reserve clause — the clause in the contract of a professional player in some sports that binds the player to a team for a season beyond the expiration of the contract in the event a new contract has not been made meanwhile or the player has not been sent to another team.
- rievaulx abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire: built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries; landscaped in the 18th century
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
- survival value — the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.
- the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unattractively — in an unattractive manner
- underleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively low ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- 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.
- unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- valetudinarian — an invalid.
- value retailer — A value retailer is a retail outlet in which the premises and décor are without frills and where prices are cheaper.
- valuer general — a state official who values properties for rating purposes
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- 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
- 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)
- vertical union — industrial union.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- virtual retail — Virtual retail is retailing on the Internet.