15-letter words containing v, u
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- follow-up visit — a visit made as a follow-up to an initial visit
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
- french overture — a short piece in three movements common in the 17th and 18th centuries
- french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
- frequency curve — a curve representing the frequency with which a variable assumes its values.
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- furniture mover — person: removal worker
- galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- give it the gun — to cause something to start or gain speed
- glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
- gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- guadalupe river — a river in SE Texas, flowing SE to the San Antonio River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
- have had enough — be weary, exasperated
- have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- in the universe — If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kind in the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind.
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- incommunicative — not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.
- individualising — Present participle of individualise.
- individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- individualizing — Present participle of individualize.
- infraclavicular — (anatomy) Below the clavicle.
- inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
- inquisitiveness — given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
- instructiveness — Quality of being instructive.
- interclavicular — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
- interindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- interuniversity — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- intraindividual — Occurring within an individual.
- intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
- intussusceptive — Relating to intussusception.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- island universe — an external galaxy.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win