14-letter words containing c, o, n, v
- export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- 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
- 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.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
- 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.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- have a case on — an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
- have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
- have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
- inconvenienced — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- inconveniences — Plural form of inconvenience.
- inconveniently — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- inverse cosine — arc cosine.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- meta-cognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
- miniconvention — a small-scale or preliminary convention, especially a political convention prior to a larger or national convention.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- native country — the country someone is born in or native to
- naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
- navigation act — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- neurocognitive — Pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain.
- new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- non-collective — formed by collection.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.