15-letter words containing v, e, s, l
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
- disassimilative — of or relating to disassimilation
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- dissolving view — an effect created by the projection of slides on a screen in such a way that each picture seems to dissolve into the succeeding one without an interval in between.
- dolni vestonice — a camping site of Upper Paleolithic mammoth hunters c23,000 b.c. in southern Moravia, Czech Republic, characterized chiefly by Venus figures, ornaments of mammoth ivory, and animal figures of baked clay.
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- driving license — A driving license is the same as a driver's license.
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- electropositive — Electrically positive.
- escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- everly brothers — the. US pop singing duo comprising Don Everly (born 1937) and Phil Everly 1939–2014, noted for their close harmonies
- Évian-les-bains — a resort and spa town in E France, on Lake Geneva opposite Lausanne; noted for its bottled mineral waters. Pop: 8064 (2006)
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
- field of vision — the entire view encompassed by the eye when it is trained in any particular direction.
- fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
- five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
- flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
- flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- head over heels — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- heaviside layer — E layer.
- hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- indivisibleness — The state of being indivisible; indivisibility.
- inevitabilities — Plural form of inevitability.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization