15-letter words containing i, n, v, o, l
- overcontrolling — excessively controlling
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- polyvinyl resin — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the polymerization or copolymerization of a vinyl compound: used chiefly as adhesives, sizing agents, and coatings.
- positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- simple division — a type of division to find out how many times the smaller number is contained in the larger one
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- tactical voting — Tactical voting is the act of voting for a particular person or political party in order to prevent someone else from winning, rather than because you support that person or party.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner