14-letter words containing g, c, v
- have the grace — to be so aware of what is proper as (to do something)
- high-achieving — (of a person) dynamic, ambitious, and successful
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- judge advocate — a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- logic variable — (programming) A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- meta-cognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- navigation act — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nerve-wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- neurocognitive — Pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain.
- noncognitivism — the semantic meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments do not express facts and so do not have a truth value, thus excluding both naturalism and non-naturalism
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overcommitting — Present participle of overcommit.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- police village — a village lacking corporate status as a municipality, its affairs being administered by an elected board of trustees.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- receiving line — a row formed by the hosts, guests of honor, or the like, for receiving guests formally at a ball, reception, etc.
- relieving arch — discharging arch.
- reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- social evening — a social gathering for the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- sovietological — of or relating to Sovietology
- speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
- televangelical — relating to televangelism
- to give notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a fixed period of time.
- unconvincingly — persuading or assuring by argument or evidence: They gave a convincing demonstration of the car's safety features.
- unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
- vacuum casting — the casting of metal within a vacuum.
- vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
- vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
- vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.