15-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e
- cervical cancer — a cancer of the cervix (the lower end of the womb)
- cervical plexus — a network of nerves branching from the spinal nerves of the neck region and innervating the neck, chest, diaphragm, and part of the face.
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
- circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
- coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
- conservationist — A conservationist is someone who cares greatly about the conservation of the environment and who works to protect it.
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
- controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- conversationism — a colloquialism
- conversationist — Someone skilled in the art of conversations.
- conveyorization — the process of conveyorizing
- cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- crossreactivity — Alternative spelling of cross-reactivity.
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
- decorative arts — art that is meant to be useful as well as beautiful, as ceramics, furniture, jewelry, and textiles.
- delivery charge — A delivery charge is the cost of transporting or delivering goods.
- demi-vegetarian — a person who eats poultry and fish, but no red meat
- demisemiquavers — Plural form of demisemiquaver.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal