14-letter words containing s, u, a, v
- individualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualise.
- individualists — Plural form of individualist.
- individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
- persuasiveness — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- 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.
- revenue stream — method of income
- 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.
- sauve qui peut — a state of panic or disorder; rout
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- 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.