16-letter words containing i, n, v, o, l, e
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
- over-rationalize — to remove unreasonable elements from.
- over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- parole violation — an illegal act or offence that breaches the conditions of a prisoner's parole
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- polyvinyl acetal — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the condensation of an aldehyde with polyvinyl alcohol.
- potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
- prerevolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- progressive lens — a multifocal eyeglass lens that provides a continuous range of focal power between near and far distances.
- projective plane — (mathematics) The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of smoothness on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space".
- quiet revolution — a period during the 1960s in Quebec, marked by secularization, educational reforms, and rising support for separation from the rest of Canada
- radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- relative pronoun — one of the pronouns who, whom, which, what, their compounds with -ever or -soever, or that used as the subordinating word to introduce a subordinate clause, especially such a pronoun referring to an antecedent.
- released version — release
- revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
- rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- roosevelt island — Formerly Welfare Island, Blackwells Island. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long.
- saturation level — carrying capacity.