14-letter words containing v, a, r, s
- flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- gaussian curve — normal curve.
- george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- gravity assist — the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.
- grease remover — a substance that removes grease
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- have hard ears — to be stubbornly disobedient
- health service — system of medical care
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- improvisations — Plural form of improvisation.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.