14-letter words containing s, h, v, e
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hyperviscosity — the abnormal thickening of a liquid
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- never mind sth — You use never mind after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
- new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
- ninety-seventh — next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
- over the score — excessive; unfair
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
- photoresistive — photoconductive
- photosensitive — sensitive to light or similar radiation.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- school voucher — a government cash grant or tax credit for parents, equal to all or part of the cost of educating their child at an elementary or secondary school of their choice.
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- seventh avenue — an avenue in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
- seventh heaven — (especially in Islam and the cabala) the highest heaven, where God and the most exalted angels dwell.
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
- sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
- sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter