14-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
- concanavalin a — a lectin isolated from jack bean that agglutinates red blood cells, human cancer cells, etc. and causes resting cells to divide: used to stimulate or test the activity of certain cells, as T cells
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- conservational — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
- conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
- conservatories — Plural form of conservatory.
- consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
- contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
- conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- conversion van — a van for utility use that has been customized with a luxury interior
- convocationist — a person who supports either of the synods of the provinces of Canterbury or York
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
- cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- david d'angers — (born Pierre Jean David) 1788?-1856; Fr. sculptor
- dead-and-alive — (of a place, activity, or person) dull; uninteresting
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- deindividuated — Simple past tense and past participle of deindividuate.
- demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
- derivationally — In a derivational manner.
- derivativeness — the quality of being derivative
- derivatization — the process of making a chemical compound into a derivative
- derivitization — (organic chemistry) The formation of a chemical derivative.
- desert varnish — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert.
- determinatives — Plural form of determinative.
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- device manager — (operating system) The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
- devil's island — one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq km (1 sq mile)
- devitalization — The act of devitalizing.
- digital native — a person who has been familiar with computers, the Internet, and other digital technology from a young age. Compare digital immigrant.
- disadvantaging — Present participle of disadvantage.
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
- disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- dispensatively — in a dispensative manner
- dissuasiveness — The quality of being dissuasive.
- ditransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being ditransitive.