15-letter words containing g, i, v, n
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- native language — first language, mother tongue
- navigation acts — 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.
- navigation laws — laws relating to navigation
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- negative equity — If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat has negative equity, the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home.
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- nizhni novgorod — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.
- nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
- non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
- non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
- not give a hoot — not care
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- 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.
- overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
- overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
- passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
- 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.
- quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
- 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.