15-letter words containing d, e, t, c, i, v
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- media converter — (networking) A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
- native canadian — a person born in Canada of American Indian or Inuit descent.
- new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
- pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
- 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.
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
- third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- 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.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
- vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- voice-activated — (of a telephone answering machine or other device) operationally responsive to a human voice.
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.