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15-letter words containing a, s, v, o

  • controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • conventionalise — Alternative spelling of conventionalize.
  • conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
  • conventionalist — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
  • conversationism — a colloquialism
  • conversationist — Someone skilled in the art of conversations.
  • convolvulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Convolvulaceae, a family of plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and typically a climbing, twining, or prostrate habit: includes bindweed, morning-glory, and sweet potato
  • cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
  • cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
  • costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
  • cover all bases — take full precautions
  • cover one's ass — to take such action as one considers necessary to avoid censure, ridicule, etc at a later time
  • coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
  • cross of valour — the highest Canadian award for bravery
  • crossover value — the percentage of offspring showing recombination among the total offspring of a given cross. It indicates the amount of crossing over that has occurred and therefore the relative positions of the genes on the chromosomes
  • 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
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • decorative arts — art that is meant to be useful as well as beautiful, as ceramics, furniture, jewelry, and textiles.
  • 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.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • divisional coin — a coin having a value smaller than a country's main monetary unit
  • dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
  • dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
  • extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
  • give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
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