15-letter words containing v, i, r, o, n
- revised version — a recension of the Authorized Version, prepared by British and American scholars, the Old Testament being published in 1885, and the New Testament in 1881.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
- riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
- roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- service economy — an economy which is dominated by the provision or importance of services (as opposed to products)
- service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- unauthoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- variola porcina — an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasoconstrictor — a nerve or drug that causes vasoconstriction.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
- victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).