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15-letter words containing v, i, s, e, r

  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • sterling silver — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
  • store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
  • strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • sunrise service — (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
  • suppressiveness — the quality of being suppressive
  • survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
  • svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
  • sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
  • tennessee river — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
  • the everlasting — God
  • thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
  • to give rise to — If something gives rise to an event or situation, it causes that event or situation to happen.
  • transitive verb — a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect.
  • transverse axis — the axis of a hyperbola that passes through the two foci.
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • 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.
  • undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
  • underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
  • undeservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
  • universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
  • 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.
  • universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
  • university city — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • university fees — charges made by a university for the administering of a course of study or an examination
  • university park — a city in N Texas.
  • university wits — a name given to an Elizabethan group of university-trained playwrights and pamphleteers, among them Robert Greene, John Lyly, Thomas Nash, and George Peele.
  • unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
  • upsetting lever — the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat.
  • vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
  • vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
  • vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
  • vascular tissue — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • venus-s--girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
  • vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
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