14-letter words containing v, i, t, u
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
- private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivities — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- 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
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- put it over on — to deceive; trick
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- recursive type — A data type which contains itself. The commonest example is the list type, in Haskell: data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) which says a list of a's is either an empty list or a cons cell containing an 'a' (the "head" of the list) and another list (the "tail"). Recursion is not allowed in Miranda or Haskell synonym types, so the following Haskell types are illegal: type Bad = (Int, Bad) type Evil = Bool -> Evil whereas the seeminly equivalent algebraic data types are acceptable:
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- 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.
- sauve qui peut — a state of panic or disorder; rout
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- silviculturist — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- situs inversus — a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.
- souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- student driver — someone who is learning to drive
- subjectiveness — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjectivities — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
- substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- substitutivity — the principle that expressions with the same reference can be substituted for one another without affecting the truth-value of any context in which they occur
- suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- summer visitor — a person, animal or bird who come to a place in summer
- supereffective — very or extremely effective
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supersensitive — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- superstructive — built onto a structure
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
- survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
- sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.