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15-letter words containing c, a, l, v, o

  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • divisional coin — a coin having a value smaller than a country's main monetary unit
  • 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.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • 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.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • 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
  • foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • 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
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • 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.
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
  • misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
  • nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
  • nova scotia lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
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