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14-letter words containing v, e, r, c

  • flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
  • floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • forest service — a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, created in 1905, that protects and develops the national forests and grasslands.
  • francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
  • fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
  • gaussian curve — normal curve.
  • genie services — GE Information Services
  • george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
  • george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
  • georges cuvier — Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
  • give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
  • handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • have the grace — to be so aware of what is proper as (to do something)
  • health service — system of medical care
  • hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
  • hybrid vehicle — A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using two different forms of power, such as an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor with a battery and fuel cells for energy storage.
  • hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
  • hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • hyperviscosity — the abnormal thickening of a liquid
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
  • inappreciative — not appreciative; lacking in appreciation.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
  • interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
  • 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
  • inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
  • inverse cosine — arc cosine.
  • inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
  • inverted comma — quotation mark.
  • irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • italian clover — crimson clover.
  • juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
  • knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
  • level crossing — grade crossing.
  • liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
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