15-letter words containing s, u, a, v
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- natural varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- net asset value — the total value of the assets of an organization less its liabilities and capital charges
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-carnivorous — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overzealousness — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- ovoviviparously — in an ovoviviparous manner
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- pseudo-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- qualitativeness — The state or quality of being qualitative.
- quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- quasi-universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
- revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- s'il vous plait — if you please; please
- sales executive — a professional responsible for increasing and developing a company's sales
- saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
- semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
- seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- silviculturally — with reference to silviculture
- simian virus 40 — SV 40.
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).