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15-letter words containing v, e, r, c, u

  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
  • mount vancouver — a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)
  • nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • over-scrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
  • over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • over-structured — excessively structured or organized.
  • overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • porcupine river — a river in NW Yukon Territory, Canada and NE Alaska, flowing N and W to the Yukon River. 448 miles (721 km) long.
  • principal value — a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.
  • quickie divorce — the formal ending of a marriage by law, carried out in a faster manner than usual, esp online
  • recurrent fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
  • rescue services — emergency services comprising employees, equipment, etc, which serve to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
  • revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • richelieu river — Armand Jean du Plessis [ar-mahn zhahn dy ple-see] /arˈmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dü plɛˈsi/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1585–1642, French cardinal and statesman.
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
  • shuttle service — transport going back and forth
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • sunrise service — (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
  • survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
  • universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
  • university city — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • unparticipative — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
  • vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
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