15-letter words containing c, a, l, v, e
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- cover all bases — take full precautions
- cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- crossover value — the percentage of offspring showing recombination among the total offspring of a given cross. It indicates the amount of crossing over that has occurred and therefore the relative positions of the genes on the chromosomes
- 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
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- delivery charge — A delivery charge is the cost of transporting or delivering goods.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- 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
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- 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.
- flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
- 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.
- 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
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- interclavicular — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- lavender cotton — a silvery-gray, evergreen, woody composite plant, Santolina chamaecyparissus, of southern Europe, having yellow flower heads.
- level one cache — primary cache
- level two cache — secondary cache
- levi-montalcini — Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.
- literary device — technique used in writing
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- 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.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- 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.
- never look back — to become increasingly successful
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.