14-letter words containing s, e, r, v, y
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- seismic survey — A seismic survey is a method of investigating underground properties and rock patterns using induced shock wave reflections.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- solitary vireo — a vireo, Vireo solitarius, of North and Central America, having the top and sides of the head bluish-gray.
- solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
- transversality — the state of being transversal
- traveler's-joy — a woody vine, Clematis vitalba, of the buttercup family, native to Europe and northern Africa, having long-plumed fruit and slightly fragrant, white flowers.
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- 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
- vestmannaeyjar — a group of 14 small Icelandic islands off the S coast of Iceland.
- vitrescibility — the ability to be vitrified
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
- worms eye view — a perspective seen from below or from a low or inferior position: The new man will get a worm's-eye view of the corporate structure.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yeoman service — excellent service
- your seventies — the ages between 70–79