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14-letter words containing c, i, v, e

  • detective-like — like a detective; having characteristics of a detective
  • device control — (character)   One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
  • device manager — (operating system)   The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
  • devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • diaper service — a service that provides clean diapers to parents and takes away dirty diapers to wash them
  • dinner service — set of crockery and cutlery
  • disassociative — That disassociates; that causes disassociation.
  • discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
  • discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
  • discursiveness — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
  • disincentivise — Alternative spelling of disincentivize.
  • disincentivize — to discourage or deter by removing incentives: The expiration of tax credits will disincentivize future participation in the energy-efficiency program. More affordable cholesterol-lowering medication may disincentivize people from adopting a vegetarian diet.
  • diverticulated — having diverticula
  • diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
  • diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • dividend cover — the number of times that a company's dividends to shareholders could be paid out of its annual profits after tax, used as an indication of the probability that dividends will be maintained in subsequent years
  • divine service — service1 (def 15).
  • do violence to — to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
  • effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
  • endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
  • eta conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus, the eta conversion rule states \ x . f x <--> f provided x does not occur as a free variable in f and f is a function. Left to right is eta reduction, right to left is eta abstraction (or eta expansion). This conversion is only valid if bottom and \ x . bottom are equivalent in all contexts. They are certainly equivalent when applied to some argument - they both fail to terminate. If we are allowed to force the evaluation of an expression in any other way, e.g. using seq in Miranda or returning a function as the overall result of a program, then bottom and \ x . bottom will not be equivalent. See also observational equivalence, reduction.
  • evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
  • eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
  • executive park — a commercial complex consisting of an office building set in parklike surroundings, often with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreational areas.
  • exercise video — a recorded television programme on which the presenter performs various keep-fit exercises, explaining how to perform each one, as the viewer joins in while watching
  • export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
  • extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
  • extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
  • floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • forest service — a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, created in 1905, that protects and develops the national forests and grasslands.
  • francis xavier — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
  • fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
  • gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
  • gaussian curve — normal curve.
  • genie services — GE Information Services
  • georges cuvier — Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
  • gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
  • give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
  • give effect to — to put into practice; make operative
  • give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
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