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15-letter words containing v, i, d, e

  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • executive order — An executive order is a regulation issued by a member of the executive branch of government. It has the same authority as a law.
  • field of vision — the entire view encompassed by the eye when it is trained in any particular direction.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • graves' disease — a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid, a rapid pulse, and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion; exophthalmic goiter.
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • guadalupe river — a river in SE Texas, flowing SE to the San Antonio River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • hard disk drive — (storage)   (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
  • have a nice day — pleasantry
  • have got it bad — to be infatuated
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • heaviside layer — E layer.
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
  • holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
  • house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • in-visible 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.
  • indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
  • indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
  • individualities — Plural form of individuality.
  • indivisibleness — The state of being indivisible; indivisibility.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • interindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
  • irvine dataflow — (language)   (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
  • island universe — an external galaxy.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
  • king's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
  • laundry service — clothes-washing business
  • leave the field — to back out of a competition, contest, etc
  • left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
  • leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
  • leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
  • liquidity event — the ending of an investor's involvement in a business venture with a view to realizing a gain or loss from the investment
  • literary device — technique used in writing
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
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