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16-letter words containing v, i, l, e

  • self-destructive — harmful, injurious, or destructive to oneself: His constant arguing with the boss shows he's a self-destructive person.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  • self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
  • service families — families which have a member serving in the armed forces
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
  • shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
  • sicilian vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.
  • silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
  • silver-lace vine — a hardy, twining, woody plant, Polygonum auberti, of the buckwheat family, native to western China and Tibet, having greenish-white, fragrant flowers in drooping clusters.
  • slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
  • slip one over on — to hoodwink or trick
  • slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
  • splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
  • split infinitive — an expression in which there is a word or phrase, especially an adverb or adverbial phrase, between to and its accompanying verb form in an infinitive, as in to readily understand.
  • steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
  • superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
  • swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the devil to pay — 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.
  • the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
  • the silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • tinnevelly senna — any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
  • torvill and dean — two British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill, born 1957, and Christopher Dean, born 1958. They won the world championships in 1981–84, the European championships in 1981–82, 1984, and 1994, and the gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games
  • travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
  • travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
  • trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
  • twelvepenny nail — a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 cm) long.
  • unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
  • ungava peninsula — a peninsula in NW Ungava region, in N Quebec, in E Canada.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • valles marineris — a canyon on Mars, 3100 miles (5000 km) in length, named after the Mariner spacecraft.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
  • variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
  • vegetable slicer — a device with a sharp blade for slicing vegetables finely;
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • venereal disease — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
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