14-letter words containing v, e, r, t, i
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- secret service — the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, especially investigations into the military strength of other nations.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- self-operative — automatic.
- semi-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- semibreve rest — the longest musical rest in common use, equal in length to a semibreve
- semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.
- semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
- serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- service center — an authorized commercial establishment for repairs and replacement parts for appliances or cars.
- service sector — the sector of the economy that provides services rather than products, etc
- service stripe — a stripe worn on the left sleeve by an enlisted person to indicate a specific period of time served on active duty.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
- silver nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.
- silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- situs inversus — a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- solitary vireo — a vireo, Vireo solitarius, of North and Central America, having the top and sides of the head bluish-gray.
- souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
- state services — services appointed to commemorate days of national celebration or deliverance such as the accession of a sovereign
- stirred vessel — A stirred vessel is a vessel in which a device moves to mix something.
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- student driver — someone who is learning to drive
- summer visitor — a person, animal or bird who come to a place in summer
- supereffective — very or extremely effective
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supersensitive — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- superstructive — built onto a structure
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
- sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.