15-letter words containing a, t, i, v
- palliative-care — medical care focused on improving the quality of life of patients with serious illnesses, as by treating symptoms and providing emotional support.
- participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- paternity leave — a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby.
- pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
- pavement artist — sidewalk artist.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- penetrativeness — the quality or condition of being penetrative
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- photoactivation — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- play havoc with — bring chaos to
- portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
- positive caster — a person or thing that casts.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
- postvaccination — occurring after a vaccination
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- pre-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- pre-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- preservationist — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
- private patient — a patient receiving medical treatment not paid for by the National Health Service
- private pay bed — (in Britain) a bed in a National Health Service hospital, reserved for private patients who pay a consultant acting privately for treatment and who are charged by the health service for use of hospital facilities
- private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
- private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- qualitativeness — The state or quality of being qualitative.
- quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
- quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- raise the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- readvertisement — the act or process of advertising something again
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
- relative to sth — Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it.
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- representatives — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
- retro-operative — affecting or operating on past events; retroactive