15-letter words containing c, o, u, v
- executive board — administrative committee
- executive order — An executive order is a regulation issued by a member of the executive branch of government. It has the same authority as a law.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- french overture — a short piece in three movements common in the 17th and 18th centuries
- french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
- galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
- house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- incommunicative — not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- mischievousness — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- moravian church — a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church
- mount vancouver — a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)
- muzzle velocity — the speed of a projectile, usually expressed in feet or meters per second, as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
- myristicivorous — feeding on nutmeg
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-carnivorous — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
- over-articulate — excessively articulate
- 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.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- over-scrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- over-structured — excessively structured or organized.
- overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
- porcupine river — a river in NW Yukon Territory, Canada and NE Alaska, flowing N and W to the Yukon River. 448 miles (721 km) long.
- positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- quickie divorce — the formal ending of a marriage by law, carried out in a faster manner than usual, esp online
- revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.