14-letter words containing n, a, i, v, t
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- improvisations — Plural form of improvisation.
- inadvisability — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inappreciative — not appreciative; lacking in appreciation.
- individualists — Plural form of individualist.
- inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- innovativeness — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- interoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- interpretative — interpretive.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
- intervariation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- interventional — the act or fact of intervening.
- intervertebral — situated between the vertebrae.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive.
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
- irving babbitt — Irving, 1865–1933, U.S. educator and critic.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- konstantinovka — a city in E Ukraine, NW of Gorlovka.
- lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- matrimony vine — any plant belonging to the genus Lycium, of the nightshade family, species of which are cultivated for their foliage, flowers, and berries.
- mean deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
- medieval latin — the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. Abbreviation: ML, M.L.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- mermaid tavern — an inn formerly located on Bread Street, Cheapside, in the heart of old London: a meeting place and informal club for Elizabethan playwrights and poets.
- meta-cognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metanarratives — Plural form of metanarrative.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.