14-letter words containing v, i, o, l, n
- overdeveloping — Present participle of overdevelop.
- overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- overgeneralize — to draw an overly general conclusion from (something)
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
- silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- television set — appliance that receives tv signals
- to live in sin — If you say that a man and a woman are living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married.
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.