14-letter words containing v, a, d, u
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- underleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively low ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- unindividuated — to form into an individual or distinct entity.
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
- valetudinarian — an invalid.
- value judgment — an estimate, usually subjective, of the worth, quality, goodness, evil, etc., of something or someone.
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure