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15-letter words containing e, v, i, n, c

  • overcontrolling — excessively controlling
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
  • photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • pincer movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
  • 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.
  • preverification — the state of being verified.
  • price-sensitive — likely to affect the price of property, esp shares and securities
  • 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.
  • private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
  • procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
  • prospectiveness — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
  • publicity event — an event designed to generate publicity
  • receiving order — court order
  • reentry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
  • revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
  • richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
  • scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
  • second division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the poorest records at a particular time.
  • semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
  • 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.
  • service ceiling — the height above sea level, measured under standard conditions, at which the rate of climb of an aircraft has fallen to a specified amount
  • service economy — an economy which is dominated by the provision or importance of services (as opposed to products)
  • service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
  • seven-year itch — scabies.
  • significatively — serving to signify.
  • sinclair, clive — Clive Sinclair
  • sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sunrise service — (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
  • touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
  • uncommunicative — not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
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