14-letter words containing n, e, r, v, o, t
- electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
- eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
- endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
- eta conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus, the eta conversion rule states \ x . f x <--> f provided x does not occur as a free variable in f and f is a function. Left to right is eta reduction, right to left is eta abstraction (or eta expansion). This conversion is only valid if bottom and \ x . bottom are equivalent in all contexts. They are certainly equivalent when applied to some argument - they both fail to terminate. If we are allowed to force the evaluation of an expression in any other way, e.g. using seq in Miranda or returning a function as the overall result of a program, then bottom and \ x . bottom will not be equivalent. See also observational equivalence, reduction.
- every so often — now and again
- eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
- evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
- export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
- extravasations — Plural form of extravasation.
- fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
- floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- free variation — a relation between the members of a pair of phones, phonemes, morphs, or other linguistic entities such that either of the two may occur in the same position with no change in the meaning of the utterance: in the first syllable of “economics,” “e” and “ē” are in free variation.
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- government man — (in the 19th century) a convict
- governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- interoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- 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.
- into overdrive — into a state of intense activity
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding