15-letter words containing i, n, c, v
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- nova scotia lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
- open convention — a party convention at which delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.
- oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
- over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- over-confidence — too confident.
- over-correction — correction beyond what is needed or customary, especially when leading to error; overadjustment: The pilot made an overcorrection for headwinds.
- over-excitement — to excite too much.
- over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
- overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overapplication — excessive application
- overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- 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.
- photoactivation — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- 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.
- postvaccination — occurring after a vaccination
- 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.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.