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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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 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 nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
  • inconveniently — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • investigations — Plural form of investigation.
  • involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
  • italian clover — crimson clover.
  • jesus movement — Christian movement that combined a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
  • job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
  • 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.
  • juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
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