15-letter words containing n, o, v, e, t
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
- riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
- roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
- scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
- self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
- to give vent to — If you give vent to your feelings, you express them forcefully.
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
- twelve-tone row — tone row.
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unauthoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- uncommunicative — not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- venetian window — Palladian window.