15-letter words containing e, v, c
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
- graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
- have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
- have a nice day — pleasantry
- have a smack at — to attempt
- have a whack at — to aim a blow at
- have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- 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.
- hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperreactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- imitative magic — magic that attempts to control the universe through the mimicking of a desired event, as by stabbing an image of an enemy in an effort to destroy him or her or by performing a ritual dance imitative of the growth of food in an effort to secure an abundant supply; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that similar actions produce similar results.
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- incentivization — (US, business, economics) The act or process of incentivizing.
- incommunicative — not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.
- incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
- inconveniencies — inconvenience.
- inconveniencing — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
- indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
- ineffectiveness — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- insignificative — not expressed or denoted by external signs
- instructiveness — Quality of being instructive.
- interclavicular — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
- interconversion — conversion of each of two things into the other; reciprocal conversion.
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
- intussusceptive — Relating to intussusception.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- king's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.