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15-letter words containing a, c, o, r, n, v

  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
  • 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.
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
  • in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
  • interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • invitation card — a card given to someone to invite them to something
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • lavender cotton — a silvery-gray, evergreen, woody composite plant, Santolina chamaecyparissus, of southern Europe, having yellow flower heads.
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • media converter — (networking)   A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
  • moravian church — a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church
  • mount vancouver — a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)
  • native compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
  • neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
  • neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
  • never look back — to become increasingly successful
  • non-carnivorous — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
  • non-contrastive — not contrastive.
  • non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
  • non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
  • nonconservative — Not conservative.
  • nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
  • north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
  • overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
  • preverification — the state of being verified.
  • private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
  • procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
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