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

  • de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
  • dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
  • decorative arts — art that is meant to be useful as well as beautiful, as ceramics, furniture, jewelry, and textiles.
  • deindividuation — the loss of a person's sense of individuality and personal responsibility
  • 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.
  • deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
  • 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.
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • electronegative — Electrically negative.
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • 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
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • 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
  • fountain valley — a city in SW California.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
  • give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • gravitationally — As a result of the force of gravity.
  • gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
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