15-letter words containing a, l, t, v
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
- geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
- gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- gravitationally — As a result of the force of gravity.
- gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
- green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
- half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
- heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
- heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- hypoventilation — Breathing at an abnormally slow rate, resulting in an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- ille-et-vilaine — a department in W France. 2700 sq. mi. (7000 sq. km). Capital: Rennes.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatorial — relating to an improvisator
- individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- inevitabilities — Plural form of inevitability.
- interclavicular — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
- interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- intraindividual — Occurring within an individual.
- intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
- investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irvine dataflow — (language) (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- java 2 platform — Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition