14-letter words containing v, e, s, l
- constitutively — In a constitutive manner.
- constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
- convent school — A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
- convulsiveness — The state or quality of being convulsive.
- costovertebral — (anatomy) Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra.
- cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
- crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
- crimson clover — an annual clover (Trifolium incarnatum) with elongated heads of deep-red flowers, often grown in the S U.S. as a cover or green-manure crop
- 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
- crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
- cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- devil's island — one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq km (1 sq mile)
- devil's tattoo — a rapid or nervous drumming with the fingers or feet
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- disbelievingly — In a disbelieving manner; in a manner that is difficult to believe.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- disinvolvement — the action or process of withdrawing from an obligation or commitment, especially from a political or military involvement: The secretary of state promised disinvolvement from the alliance.
- dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
- distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- diverging lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
- driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
- east cleveland — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- effervescently — effervescing; bubbling.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- elevator shaft — passage for a lift
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
- evangelisation — Alternative spelling of evangelization.
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- false positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.