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

  • galveston plan — commission plan.
  • gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
  • gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
  • giovanni leone — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1908–2001, Italian political leader: prime minister 1963, 1968; president 1971–78.
  • give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • governableness — The state of being governable.
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • 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.
  • group of seven — G7.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • 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.
  • hand over hand — grasping with alternate hands
  • have a case on — an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
  • have a down on — to bear ill will towards (someone or something)
  • have a load on — to be intoxicated
  • have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
  • have a mind to — think about doing
  • have an eye to — to watch out for; attend to
  • have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have it in one — to have the ability (to do something)
  • have one's say — When one of the people or groups involved in a discussion has their say, they give their opinion.
  • have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
  • heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
  • heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
  • impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
  • in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
  • inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
  • inconvenienced — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
  • inconveniences — Plural form of inconvenience.
  • inconveniently — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • inferior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.
  • innovativeness — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
  • 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.
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