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14-letter words containing v, e, r

  • critical value — the value of the random variable at the boundary between the acceptance region and the rejection region in the testing of a hypothesis.
  • cross-dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
  • crushed velvet — velvet with a flat finish that has a creased effect
  • cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
  • cryoprotective — protecting against damage caused by cryopreservation
  • crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
  • curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
  • curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
  • cytoprotective — (biology) That provides cytoprotection.
  • dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
  • david d'angers — (born Pierre Jean David) 1788?-1856; Fr. sculptor
  • deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
  • decorative art — any of the visual arts applied in order to render something more attractive or ornate
  • decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
  • deep-sea diver — a person who takes part in deep-sea diving
  • deer fly fever — tularemia.
  • defective year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
  • deliberatively — having the function of deliberating, as a legislative assembly: a deliberative body.
  • deliverability — capable of delivery.
  • delivery order — a document that records an order for delivery of goods
  • delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
  • demerara-river — a river in E Guyana flowing S to N and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown. 215 miles (346 km) long.
  • demisemiquaver — a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve
  • demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
  • depressiveness — The state of being depressive.
  • derivationally — In a derivational manner.
  • derivativeness — the quality of being derivative
  • derivatization — the process of making a chemical compound into a derivative
  • derivitization — (organic chemistry) The formation of a chemical derivative.
  • desert varnish — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert.
  • detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
  • determinatives — Plural form of determinative.
  • device control — (character)   One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
  • device manager — (operating system)   The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
  • devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • diaper service — a service that provides clean diapers to parents and takes away dirty diapers to wash them
  • digressiveness — The quality or state of being digressive.
  • dinner service — set of crockery and cutlery
  • disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
  • disaggregative — separating from the mass or into parts
  • disassortative — (mathematics) Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes high degree.
  • disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
  • discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
  • discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
  • discursiveness — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
  • disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
  • disinvestiture — the act or state of being disinvested
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