15-letter words containing v, e, s, u, i, a
- quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- quasi-universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
- revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- sales executive — a professional responsible for increasing and developing a company's sales
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
- semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
- subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
- substantiveness — a noun.
- superindividual — greater than the individual
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- unadvisableness — the quality of being imprudent or not advisable
- unavailableness — the state of being useless or ineffectual
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
- universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
- university park — a city in N Texas.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vascular tissue — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
- venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.