14-letter words containing v, s, f
- nondiversified — Not diversified.
- observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- passive safety — the practice of taking measures to reduce the consequences of accidents, as opposed to attempting to avoid them altogether
- perfectiveness — the state or quality of being perfective
- proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
- reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- self-levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- self-reflexive — self-referential
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
- shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
- supereffective — very or extremely effective
- surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
- szekesfehervar — a city in W central Hungary.
- the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
- the reverse of — emphatically not; not at all
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
- venus-figurine — Venus (def 3).
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.