15-letter words containing c, a, n, v, s
- exchange server — Microsoft Exchange
- 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
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- frisian carving — geometrical incised carving.
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- 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
- have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- insignificative — not expressed or denoted by external signs
- intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- 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.
- misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- nastic movement — a response of plant parts that is independent of the direction of the external stimulus, such as the opening of buds caused by an alteration in light intensity
- navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-carnivorous — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-conveyances — the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- 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.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- 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-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- postvaccination — occurring after a vaccination
- press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative