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14-letter words containing o, d, v

  • derivatization — the process of making a chemical compound into a derivative
  • derivitization — (organic chemistry) The formation of a chemical derivative.
  • detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • developability — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
  • device control — (character)   One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
  • devil's tattoo — a rapid or nervous drumming with the fingers or feet
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • devitalization — The act of devitalizing.
  • disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • disassociative — That disassociates; that causes disassociation.
  • disassortative — (mathematics) Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes high degree.
  • disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
  • discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
  • disinvolvement — the action or process of withdrawing from an obligation or commitment, especially from a political or military involvement: The secretary of state promised disinvolvement from the alliance.
  • disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
  • diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • dividend cover — the number of times that a company's dividends to shareholders could be paid out of its annual profits after tax, used as an indication of the probability that dividends will be maintained in subsequent years
  • dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do violence to — to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
  • dollar-average — to engage in dollar averaging.
  • dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
  • dover's powder — a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • dovetail joint — A dovetail or a dovetail joint is a joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together.
  • dovetail plane — a plane for cutting tongues and grooves with parallel or inclined sides.
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
  • driving school — vehicle operation lessons
  • drowned valley — a valley that, having been flooded by the sea, now exists as a bay or estuary.
  • duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
  • eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
  • endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
  • eviction order — a legally enforceable order from a court to leave a property
  • exercise video — a recorded television programme on which the presenter performs various keep-fit exercises, explaining how to perform each one, as the viewer joins in while watching
  • first division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the best records at a particular time (opposed to second division).
  • flood coverage — Flood coverage is insurance coverage for loss or damage caused by floods.
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
  • formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
  • 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.
  • full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
  • give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
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