14-letter words containing v, s, h
- hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- hors d'oeuvres — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hyperviscosity — the abnormal thickening of a liquid
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- 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
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- 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.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- never mind sth — You use never mind after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
- new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
- ninety-seventh — next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- novoshakhtinsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, NE of the Sea of Azov.
- orthomyxovirus — Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
- over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
- over the score — excessive; unfair
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
- photoresistive — photoconductive
- photosensitive — sensitive to light or similar radiation.
- pitch invasion — If there is a pitch invasion during or after a football, rugby, or cricket match, fans run on to the pitch.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- school voucher — a government cash grant or tax credit for parents, equal to all or part of the cost of educating their child at an elementary or secondary school of their choice.
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.