14-letter words containing v, h
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- heavy wizardry — Code or designs that trade on a particularly intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system or language or complex application interface. Distinguished from deep magic, which trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge. Writing device drivers is heavy wizardry; so is interfacing to X (sense 2) without a toolkit. Especially found in source-code comments of the form "Heavy wizardry begins here". Compare voodoo programming.
- hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
- hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
- herbert hoover — Herbert (Clark) 1874–1964, 31st president of the U.S. 1929–33.
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- high-achieving — (of a person) dynamic, ambitious, and successful
- hors d'oeuvres — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hotel de ville — a city hall.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- hybrid vehicle — A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using two different forms of power, such as an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor with a battery and fuel cells for energy storage.
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- hyperviscosity — the abnormal thickening of a liquid
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- invisible 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.
- involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
- launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- like the devil — If you say that someone does something like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- never mind sth — You use never mind after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
- 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.
- ninety-seventh — next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonachievement — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.