15-letter words containing v, e, r, d, u
- silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- 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.
- superindividual — greater than the individual
- surrender value — cash value.
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- 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.
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
- underprivileged — denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
- undeservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
- vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
- venus-s--girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries