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14-letter words containing y, a, v, r

  • garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • graveyard stew — milk toast.
  • gravity assist — the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.
  • heavy breather — a person who breathes stertorously or with difficulty
  • heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
  • heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
  • heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • heavy wizardry — Code or designs that trade on a particularly intimate knowledge or experience of a particular operating system or language or complex application interface. Distinguished from deep magic, which trades more on arcane *theoretical* knowledge. Writing device drivers is heavy wizardry; so is interfacing to X (sense 2) without a toolkit. Especially found in source-code comments of the form "Heavy wizardry begins here". Compare voodoo programming.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
  • imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
  • inferior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.
  • intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
  • intransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive.
  • invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
  • irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
  • larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
  • lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • major delivery — (programming)   A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
  • matrimony vine — any plant belonging to the genus Lycium, of the nightshade family, species of which are cultivated for their foliage, flowers, and berries.
  • maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
  • mommy makeover — a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to reverse physical changes in a woman after childbirth
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • new year's eve — the night of December 31, often celebrated with merrymaking to usher in the new year at midnight.
  • non-creativity — the state or quality of being creative.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
  • pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • preoperatively — in a preoperative context
  • private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
  • private treaty — a property sale based on terms resulting from a conference between buyer and seller.
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
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