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15-letter words containing a, g, v

  • non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • non-salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
  • nongovernmental — 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.
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
  • not give a hoot — not care
  • not give a shit — to not care at all
  • ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
  • over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • over-exaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
  • over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overexaggerated — Simple past tense and past participle of overexaggerate.
  • overextravagant — excessively extravagant
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
  • passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
  • prairie village — a city in E Kansas.
  • pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • pre-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
  • quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
  • quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
  • revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
  • reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • 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.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • riverbank grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis riparia, of eastern North America, having fragrant flowers and nearly black fruit.
  • salivary glands — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
  • savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.
  • saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
  • scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
  • scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
  • self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
  • self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
  • semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
  • significatively — serving to signify.
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