15-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r, e
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- 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
- davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
- 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.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- executive board — administrative committee
- fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
- 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.
- geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
- 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
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- have a right to — be entitled to
- have the ear of — to be in a position to influence
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
- hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- in vino veritas — in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunk
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- 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.