15-letter words containing v, e

graves' disease — a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid, a rapid pulse, and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion; exophthalmic goiter.
graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
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.
half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
hard disk drive — (storage) (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
have (down) pat — to know or have memorized thoroughly
have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
have a good day — pleasantry
have a nice day — pleasantry
have a right to — be entitled to
have a smack at — to attempt
have a way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
have a whack at — to aim a blow at
have an edge on — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
have got it bad — to be infatuated
have had enough — be weary, exasperated
have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
have nothing on — be naked
have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
have the ear of — to be in a position to influence
have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
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.
have words with — to argue angrily with
haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
head over heels — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
heave-off hinge — loose-joint hinge.
heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
heaviside layer — E layer.
heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
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.
hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.

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