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15-letter words containing l, a, v, e, r, n

  • revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
  • richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
  • simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
  • sinclair, clive — Clive Sinclair
  • slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
  • sons and lovers — a novel (1913) by D. H. Lawrence.
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • surrender value — cash value.
  • sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
  • the everlasting — God
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
  • trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
  • ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
  • universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
  • universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
  • universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
  • universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
  • universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
  • 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
  • valency grammar — a system of linguistic syntax, conceived by analogy with chemical valency, according to which verbs have valencies dependent on the number of noun phrases with which they combine
  • 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.
  • variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
  • vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
  • venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
  • vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier.
  • vertebral canal — spinal canal.
  • vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • vice chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
  • vice-chancellor — a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
  • victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • viewing gallery — an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery, etc
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