15-letter words containing c, a, r, i, t, v
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- 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
- decorative arts — art that is meant to be useful as well as beautiful, as ceramics, furniture, jewelry, and textiles.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- 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
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- executive board — administrative committee
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- 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.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
- 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.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperreactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- invitation card — a card given to someone to invite them to something
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- literary device — technique used in writing
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- media converter — (networking) A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- native american — a person born in the United States.
- 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.
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.