14-letter words containing v, a, l, i, n
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.
- relieving arch — discharging arch.
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
- silver nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
- tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
- televangelical — relating to televangelism
- terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
- the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
- transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- transversality — the state of being transversal
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- trial division — trial department
- trivialization — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
- unattractively — in an unattractive manner
- unavailability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- uncultivatable — unsuitable for cultivation
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unequivalently — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe