15-letter words containing a, v, e, i, r, o
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- interventionary — the act or fact of intervening.
- intervisitation — the act of visiting.
- inversion layer — a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- 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.
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
- kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- lamino-alveolar — articulated with the blade of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge.
- leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- media converter — (networking) A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
- nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
- node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
- non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- non-penetrative — (of sexual activity) not involving penetration by the penis
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.