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15-letter words containing c, i, v, l, a, t

  • 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.
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • levi-montalcini — Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.
  • literary device — technique used in writing
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • 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.
  • metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
  • misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
  • 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.
  • non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • 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.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • palliative-care — medical care focused on improving the quality of life of patients with serious illnesses, as by treating symptoms and providing emotional support.
  • participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • play havoc with — bring chaos to
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
  • sales executive — a professional responsible for increasing and developing a company's sales
  • significatively — serving to signify.
  • silviculturally — with reference to silviculture
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
  • subcivilization — a division of a civilization
  • subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
  • subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
  • tactical voting — Tactical voting is the act of voting for a particular person or political party in order to prevent someone else from winning, rather than because you support that person or party.
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
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