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14-letter words containing v, e, s, l

  • prescriptively — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
  • private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
  • quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
  • quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
  • reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
  • receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
  • recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
  • reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • reserve clause — the clause in the contract of a professional player in some sports that binds the player to a team for a season beyond the expiration of the contract in the event a new contract has not been made meanwhile or the player has not been sent to another team.
  • reserve player — a member of a sports team who plays in place of another player if they are injured, etc
  • reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
  • sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
  • salva veritate — without affecting truth-value
  • salvage vessel — a ship that is used in salvaging goods or property from a shipwreck
  • salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
  • school voucher — a government cash grant or tax credit for parents, equal to all or part of the cost of educating their child at an elementary or secondary school of their choice.
  • seismic vessel — A seismic vessel is a ship that is used for carrying out seismic surveys.
  • 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-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • self-levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • self-reflexive — self-referential
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
  • self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
  • semi-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
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