15-letter words containing n, o, v

neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
never look back — to become increasingly successful
nizhni novgorod — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.
nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
non-achievement — lack of achievement
non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
non-carnivorous — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
non-contrastive — not contrastive.
non-conveyances — the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
non-improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
non-instinctive — prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned: an instinctive will to survive.
non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
non-penetrative — (of sexual activity) not involving penetration by the penis
non-qualitative — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
non-salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
non-substantive — a noun.
non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
nonanticipative — Not anticipative.
nonavailability — A lack of availability.
nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
nonconservative — Not conservative.
nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
nonexploitative — not exploitative
nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
nongovernmental — 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.
nonintervention — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
noninvasiveness — The characteristic of being noninvasive.
nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
nonquantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.

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