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15-letter words containing c, l, e, v, a

  • non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
  • nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
  • 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.
  • 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-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • 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.
  • overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
  • 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).
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
  • 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.
  • richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
  • sales executive — a professional responsible for increasing and developing a company's sales
  • seminal vesicle — either of two small saclike glands, located on each side of the bladder in males, that add nutrient fluid to semen during ejaculation.
  • shockwave flash — flash
  • significatively — serving to signify.
  • sinclair, clive — Clive Sinclair
  • 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.
  • social services — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
  • stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
  • subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
  • survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • tehuacan valley — a desert valley site in Puebla, Mexico, where aridity has preserved the vegetable remains of communities from 9000 b.c. to historic times, thus documenting the transition from hunting and gathering to the largely agricultural subsistence of the full Neolithic phase (1500–900 b.c.).
  • 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 brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • 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.
  • trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
  • ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
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