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15-letter words containing v, o

  • electronegative — Electrically negative.
  • electropositive — Electrically positive.
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • erosive mixture — An erosive mixture is a mixture containing substances that wear away components or cause problems with the flow of oil along pipelines.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • everly brothers — the. US pop singing duo comprising Don Everly (born 1937) and Phil Everly 1939–2014, noted for their close harmonies
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • eviction notice — an advance notice that someone must leave a property
  • ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • executive order — An executive order is a regulation issued by a member of the executive branch of government. It has the same authority as a law.
  • extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • fee-for-service — pertaining to the charging of fees for specific services rendered in health care, as distinguished from participating in a prepaid medical practice: fee-for-service medicine.
  • fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
  • field of vision — the entire view encompassed by the eye when it is trained in any particular direction.
  • fire prevention — safety measures to decrease fire risk
  • 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
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • follow-up visit — a visit made as a follow-up to an initial visit
  • foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
  • for the love of — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • foreign service — a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that maintains diplomatic and consular posts and personnel in other countries.
  • fountain valley — a city in SW California.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • french overture — a short piece in three movements common in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
  • furniture mover — person: removal worker
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
  • gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
  • give the lie to — a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
  • go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • government bond — a bond issued by a country's government, in its own currency
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
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