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14-letter words containing v, a, g, r

  • overaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
  • overexaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
  • overgeneralize — to draw an overly general conclusion from (something)
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • overprogrammed — characterized by overprogramming
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
  • re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • redintegrative — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
  • regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
  • reinvigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • reinvigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • relieving arch — discharging arch.
  • reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
  • root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • 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.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • underleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively low ratio of debt capital to equity capital
  • vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
  • vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
  • valuer general — a state official who values properties for rating purposes
  • vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
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