16-letter words containing c, i, v, e, s
- imperceptiveness — The quality of being imperceptive.
- imperfectiveness — (grammar) The state or quality of being imperfective.
- incentive scheme — an arrangement under which additional payments are made to employees as a means of increasing production
- inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
- indexing service — a service that indexes the contents of a number of publications for use in printed or machine-readable form.
- indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
- inverse cosecant — arc cosecant.
- inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
- janet ip service — (networking) (JIPS) Joint Academic NETwork Internet Protocol. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- listening device — a device used to overhear, record, or monitor speech
- lose one's voice — If you lose your voice, you cannot speak for a while because of an illness.
- machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
- measuring device — gauge
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- merchant service — A merchant service is a provider of credit card processing services.
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- military service — compulsory period spent in the army
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- native americans — a person born in the United States.
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
- objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
- objective spirit — the human spirit, insofar as it has become capable of a rational identification of its individual self with the community of other spirits but is not yet capable of the identification with the absolute idea that characterizes the absolute spirit.
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- order of service — a prescribed form of liturgical service, or of administration of a rite or ceremony
- over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
- plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.