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14-letter words containing v, s, i

  • secret service — the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, especially investigations into the military strength of other nations.
  • security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
  • seismic survey — A seismic survey is a method of investigating underground properties and rock patterns using induced shock wave reflections.
  • seismic vessel — A seismic vessel is a ship that is used for carrying out seismic surveys.
  • 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-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
  • semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • semi-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • semi-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
  • semi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
  • semibreve rest — the longest musical rest in common use, equal in length to a semibreve
  • semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • senior service — the Royal Navy
  • sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
  • serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
  • service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
  • service center — an authorized commercial establishment for repairs and replacement parts for appliances or cars.
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
  • service sector — the sector of the economy that provides services rather than products, etc
  • service stripe — a stripe worn on the left sleeve by an enlisted person to indicate a specific period of time served on active duty.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • 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
  • shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
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