15-letter words containing e, v, r, g, n
- green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
- green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
- 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.
- hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
- interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
- levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
- living quarters — accommodation
- morning service — a regular church service in the mornng
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- negative profit — a financial loss
- non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nongovernmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
- on the verge of — about to
- open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public
- over-engineered — unnecessarily complicated
- over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
- over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- overcontrolling — excessively controlling
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- overextravagant — excessively extravagant
- overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
- overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- prison governor — the senior administrator or head of a prison
- private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- progressiveness — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- receiving order — court order
- relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
- resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
- revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
- reverse english — Also called reverse side. Billiards. a spinning motion imparted to a cue ball in such a manner as to prevent it from moving in a certain direction. Compare running English.
- reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide