14-letter words containing v, e, s, u, i
- summer visitor — a person, animal or bird who come to a place in summer
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- supereffective — very or extremely effective
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supersensitive — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- superstructive — built onto a structure
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
- survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
- survival value — the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.
- sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
- unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- universitarian — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
- unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- venetian sumac — smoke tree (def 2).
- venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus-figurine — Venus (def 3).
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed
- vicious circle — Logic. (in demonstration) the use of each of two propositions to establish the other. (in definition) the use of each of two terms to define the other.
- vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
- vienna sausage — a small frankfurter, often served as an hors d'oeuvre.
- visiting nurse — a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- your seventies — the ages between 70–79