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14-letter words containing t, h, e, v, i

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • nonachievement — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
  • northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
  • on the improve — improving
  • on the viretot — in a rush
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
  • photoreceptive — of or relating to photoreception
  • 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.
  • rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
  • right reverend — an official form of address for abbots, abbesses, Anglican bishops, and other prelates.
  • scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
  • 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.
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.
  • target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
  • the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • the ivy league — a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the very devil — something very difficult or awkward
  • the very idea! — that is preposterous, unreasonable, etc
  • the visitation — the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
  • think positive — be optimistic
  • thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
  • to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
  • to have it out — If you have it out or have things out with someone, you discuss a problem or disagreement very openly with them, even if it means having an argument, because you think this is the best way to solve the problem.
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
  • vestavia hills — a city in central Alabama, near Birmingham.
  • victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
  • vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
  • with a view to — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
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