14-letter words containing a, i, r, v
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- matrimony vine — any plant belonging to the genus Lycium, of the nightshade family, species of which are cultivated for their foliage, flowers, and berries.
- maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
- medieval greek — the Greek language of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500. Abbreviation: MGk, MGk., MGr.
- mermaid tavern — an inn formerly located on Bread Street, Cheapside, in the heart of old London: a meeting place and informal club for Elizabethan playwrights and poets.
- metanarratives — Plural form of metanarrative.
- microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
- moving average — one of a succession of averages of data from a time series, where each average is calculated by successively shifting the interval by the same period of time.
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- native country — the country someone is born in or native to
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- navigation bar — (web) (Always abbreviated "nav bar") On a website, a prominently displayed set of links to important sections of the site.
- nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nerve-wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-aggressive — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-creativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
- non-generative — capable of producing or creating.
- non-imperative — of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
- non-vegetarian — a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- noncooperative — Not cooperative; uncooperative.
- noncorrelative — Not correlative.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- noninteractive — acting one upon or with the other.
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonprocreative — Not procreative.
- nonprovocative — Not provocative.
- nonradioactive — not radioactive
- nonrestorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- nonretroactive — not retroactive
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
- northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- ovarian cancer — a disease in which cancerous cells are present in either or both of the two female reproductive organs, which produce ova and secrete oestrogen hormones