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14-letter words containing n, e, v, i, o

  • conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
  • conservatorial — of or relating to a conservator or conservators
  • conservatories — Plural form of conservatory.
  • constitutively — In a constitutive manner.
  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
  • contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
  • contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
  • contrapositive — placed opposite or against
  • contravariance — (computer science) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
  • contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
  • controvertible — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
  • controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
  • conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • conventioneers — Plural form of conventioneer.
  • conventiongoer — A person attending a convention.
  • conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
  • conversion van — a van for utility use that has been customized with a luxury interior
  • converted rice — white rice prepared from brown rice that has been pressure-steamed to enable the nutrients within the bran to be absorbed by the starchy endosperm before the rice is dried and milled.
  • convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
  • convincingness — The state or quality of being convincing.
  • convulsiveness — The state or quality of being convulsive.
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • covering power — the maximum area of a scene that can be recorded with good definition by a particular lens.
  • crimson clover — an annual clover (Trifolium incarnatum) with elongated heads of deep-red flowers, often grown in the S U.S. as a cover or green-manure crop
  • cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
  • decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
  • deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
  • decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
  • demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
  • derivationally — In a derivational manner.
  • derivatization — the process of making a chemical compound into a derivative
  • derivitization — (organic chemistry) The formation of a chemical derivative.
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • device control — (character)   One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • devitalization — The act of devitalizing.
  • disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
  • disinvolvement — the action or process of withdrawing from an obligation or commitment, especially from a political or military involvement: The secretary of state promised disinvolvement from the alliance.
  • dividend cover — the number of times that a company's dividends to shareholders could be paid out of its annual profits after tax, used as an indication of the probability that dividends will be maintained in subsequent years
  • do violence to — to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • dovetail joint — A dovetail or a dovetail joint is a joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together.
  • dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
  • envenomization — the introduction of poison into a body
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
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