14-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e, s
- demisemiquaver — a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve
- demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
- derivativeness — the quality of being derivative
- desert varnish — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert.
- determinatives — Plural form of determinative.
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- diaper service — a service that provides clean diapers to parents and takes away dirty diapers to wash them
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disaggregative — separating from the mass or into parts
- disassortative — (mathematics) Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes high degree.
- disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
- discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
- disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- east liverpool — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- eta conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus, the eta conversion rule states \ x . f x <--> f provided x does not occur as a free variable in f and f is a function. Left to right is eta reduction, right to left is eta abstraction (or eta expansion). This conversion is only valid if bottom and \ x . bottom are equivalent in all contexts. They are certainly equivalent when applied to some argument - they both fail to terminate. If we are allowed to force the evaluation of an expression in any other way, e.g. using seq in Miranda or returning a function as the overall result of a program, then bottom and \ x . bottom will not be equivalent. See also observational equivalence, reduction.
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- extravasations — Plural form of extravasation.
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gaussian curve — normal curve.
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- health service — system of medical care
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.