15-letter words containing c, a, n, v
- 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.
- 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.
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- never look back — to become increasingly successful
- new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- non-achievement — lack of achievement
- 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.
- non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- 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.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonanticipative — Not anticipative.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
- over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
- overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overapplication — excessive application
- overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
- 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.
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overexpectation — excessive expectation
- 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.
- photoactivation — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- 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
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- principal value — a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.