14-letter words containing v, k
- adventure park — a place offering a variety of outdoor entertainments involving physical challenges, esp for children
- anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
- avalokitesvara — a male Bodhisattva, widely revered and identified with various persons and gods.
- backflow valve — a valve for preventing flowing liquid, as sewage, from reversing its direction.
- backing vocals — a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- barbara liskov — (person) Professor Barbara Liskov was the first US woman to be awarded a PhD in computing, and her innovations can be found in every modern programming language. She currently (2009) heads the Programming Methodology Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Liskov's design innovations have, over the decades, made software more reliable and easier to maintain. She has invented two computer progamming languages: CLU, an object-orientated language, and Argus, a distributed programming language. Liskov's research forms the basis of modern programming languages such as Java, C# and C++. One of the biggest impacts of her work came from her contributions to the use of data abstraction, a method for organising complex programs. See Liskov substitution principle. In June 2009 she will receive the A. M. Turing Award.
- belaya tserkov — city in WC Ukraine: pop. 204,000
- bokhara clover — white melilot.
- break of serve — the act or instance of breaking an opponent's service
- break-up value — the value of an organization assuming that it will not continue to trade
- captive market — a group of consumers who are obliged through lack of choice to buy a particular product, thus giving the supplier a monopoly
- Československo — Czechoslovakia
- chevra kadisha — a Jewish burial society, usually composed of unpaid volunteers who provide funerals for members of their congregation
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- covered market — an indoor market
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
- detective-like — like a detective; having characteristics of a detective
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- every man jack — everyone without exception
- executive park — a commercial complex consisting of an office building set in parklike surroundings, often with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreational areas.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- java black rot — a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
- kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- konstantinovka — a city in E Ukraine, NW of Gorlovka.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- like the devil — If you say that someone does something like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast.
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
- lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
- markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
- medieval greek — the Greek language of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500. Abbreviation: MGk, MGk., MGr.
- mommy makeover — a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to reverse physical changes in a woman after childbirth
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
- naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
- nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
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