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15-letter words containing v, e, i, n

  • revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
  • river blindness — onchocerciasis.
  • riverbank grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis riparia, of eastern North America, having fragrant flowers and nearly black fruit.
  • riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
  • roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
  • save one's skin — to avoid harm or injury; esp., to escape death
  • scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
  • second division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the poorest records at a particular time.
  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • self-initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
  • semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
  • seminal vesicle — either of two small saclike glands, located on each side of the bladder in males, that add nutrient fluid to semen during ejaculation.
  • sensitive plant — Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
  • serve one right — to act as a servant.
  • service ceiling — the height above sea level, measured under standard conditions, at which the rate of climb of an aircraft has fallen to a specified amount
  • service economy — an economy which is dominated by the provision or importance of services (as opposed to products)
  • service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
  • seven-year itch — scabies.
  • significatively — serving to signify.
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
  • simple division — a type of division to find out how many times the smaller number is contained in the larger one
  • simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
  • sinclair, clive — Clive Sinclair
  • slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
  • sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
  • sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • spirit leveling — leveling according to the indications of a spirit level.
  • st. kitts-nevis — a twin-island state in the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies, consisting of the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis: formerly a British colony and member of the West Indies Associated States; gained independence 1983. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km). Capital: Basseterre.
  • stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
  • starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
  • stationary wave — standing wave.
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • sterling silver — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
  • substantiveness — a noun.
  • sunrise service — (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
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