14-letter words containing s, a, i, v
- 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.
- 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.
- vestavia hills — a city in central Alabama, near Birmingham.
- victoria cross — a British decoration awarded to soldiers and sailors for acts of conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. Abbreviation: V.C.
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- vienna sausage — a small frankfurter, often served as an hors d'oeuvre.
- viennese table — a dessert buffet, as at a reception, featuring a variety of fancy cakes, tarts, mousses, etc.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- village school — a school in a village
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vital staining — the technique of treating living cells and tissues with dyes that do not immediately kill them, facilitating observation with a microscope
- vitalistically — from a vitalistic point of view
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yeoman service — excellent service