15-letter words containing v, i, s, t, r
- descriptiveness — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- destructiveness — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- detective story — a story in which a detective tries to solve a crime
- digestive tract — alimentary canal
- direct positive — a positive obtained from another positive without an intermediate step.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- divertissements — Plural form of divertissement.
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dumpster diving — the practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- electropositive — Electrically positive.
- erosive mixture — An erosive mixture is a mixture containing substances that wear away components or cause problems with the flow of oil along pipelines.
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- 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.
- five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- 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
- give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatorial — relating to an improvisator
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- in the universe — If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kind in the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind.
- in vino veritas — in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunk
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- instructiveness — Quality of being instructive.
- interconversion — conversion of each of two things into the other; reciprocal conversion.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- intertransverse — (anatomy) Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae.
- interuniversity — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items