14-letter words containing v, e, s, t, a
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have a bash at — to make an attempt at
- have a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
- health service — system of medical care
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
- heat-sensitive — responding to heat or to changes in temperature
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- innovativeness — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- mattress cover — a cover that can be put over a mattress before a bed sheet, providing further protection
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- metanarratives — Plural form of metanarrative.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- movable system — a system of solmization which assigns the names re, mi, fa, sol, la to the major scale in any key
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
- nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-conversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.