15-letter words containing v, e, r, i
- 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.
- 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 history — information concerning all of a car's services (ie overhauls, checks, or repairs)
- 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.
- servius tullius — Servius, Servius Tullius.
- servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
- seven-year itch — scabies.
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- shuttle service — transport going back and forth
- silver chloride — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.
- 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
- silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
- 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
- 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.
- social services — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- speller-divider — a reference book that lists words in alphabetical order to show spelling and syllabification.
- spirit leveling — leveling according to the indications of a spirit level.
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
- 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.
- store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- sunrise service — (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- superindividual — greater than the individual
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- suppressiveness — the quality of being suppressive
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- tennessee river — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
- the everlasting — God
- the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
- thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
- third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
- to give rise to — If something gives rise to an event or situation, it causes that event or situation to happen.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle