15-letter words containing y, a, v, r, i
- invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- literary device — technique used in writing
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- maternity leave — a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
- overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
- ovoviviparously — in an ovoviviparous manner
- paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
- participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- paternity leave — a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby.
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- private pay bed — (in Britain) a bed in a National Health Service hospital, reserved for private patients who pay a consultant acting privately for treatment and who are charged by the health service for use of hospital facilities
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rimsky-korsakov — Nicolai Andreevich [nyi-kuh-lahy uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kəˈlaɪ ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1908, Russian composer.
- salivary glands — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- seven-year itch — scabies.
- sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
- silviculturally — with reference to silviculture
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- university park — a city in N Texas.
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- valerian family — the plant family Valerianaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple or compound, opposite leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, indehiscent fruit, and including corn salad, spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi), and valerian.