14-letter words containing v, f
- flower-of-jove — a white, woolly plant, Lychnis flos-jovis, of the pink family, having red or purple flowers in dense clusters.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- forest reserve — an area of forest set aside and preserved by the government as a wilderness, national park, or the like.
- forest service — a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, created in 1905, that protects and develops the national forests and grasslands.
- formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
- francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- free variation — a relation between the members of a pair of phones, phonemes, morphs, or other linguistic entities such that either of the two may occur in the same position with no change in the meaning of the utterance: in the first syllable of “economics,” “e” and “ē” are in free variation.
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
- full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- give effect to — to put into practice; make operative
- give free rein — to allow considerable freedom; remove restraints
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- group of seven — G7.
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- half-evergreen — having leaves which may or may not remain green throughout the year
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- 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 it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
- inferior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- jeffersonville — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- life preserver — a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
- line of vision — a straight line that connects the fovea centralis of an eye with the point on which the eye focuses.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- missed'em-five — (operating system, abuse) (Or "SysVile" /sis-vi:l'/) A pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V Unix, generally used by BSD partisans in a bigoted mood. See software bloat, Berzerkeley.
- 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
- nine-to-fivers — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- non-reflective — not capable of or not designed to reflect light
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nondiversified — Not diversified.
- nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.
- observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- oil of vitriol — sulfuric acid.
- one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.