15-letter words containing n, o, a, v, i
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- continuous wave — an electromagnetic wave, esp. a radio wave, with a constant amplitude and frequency
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
- contravallation — fortifications built by besiegers around the place besieged
- controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- conventionalise — Alternative spelling of conventionalize.
- conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
- conventionalist — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conventionality — the quality or characteristic of being conventional, esp in behaviour, thinking, etc
- conventionalize — to make conventional
- conversationism — a colloquialism
- conversationist — Someone skilled in the art of conversations.
- conveyorization — the process of conveyorizing
- cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
- deindividuation — the loss of a person's sense of individuality and personal responsibility
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- divisional coin — a coin having a value smaller than a country's main monetary unit
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
- family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.