15-letter words containing a, v, e, s, t
- conversationist — Someone skilled in the art of conversations.
- 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.
- 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
- danse du ventre — belly dance
- database server — A stand-alone computer in a local area network that holds and manages the database. It implies that database management functions, such as locating the actual record being requested, is performed in the server computer. Contrast with file server, which acts as a remote disk drive and requires that large parts of the database, for example, entire indexes, be transmitted to the user's computer where the real database management tasks are performed. First-generation personal computer database software was not designed for a network; thus, modified versions of the software released by the vendors employed the file server concept. Second-generation products, designed for local area networks, perform the management tasks in the server where they should be done, and consequently are turning the file server into a database server.
- 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
- digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disassimilative — of or relating to disassimilation
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- 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.
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- 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.
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- 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.
- extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
- extravagantness — The quality of being extravagant.
- faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
- 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
- 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
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- give sth a miss — If you give something a miss, you decide not to do it or not to go to it.
- give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
- give them heaps — to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
- have a smack at — to attempt
- have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.