15-letter words containing r, e, v, i, l, s
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- intervisibility — the state or fact of being visible.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- inversion layer — a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irreversibility — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- island universe — an external galaxy.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- living quarters — accommodation
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
- lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- polyvinyl resin — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the polymerization or copolymerization of a vinyl compound: used chiefly as adhesives, sizing agents, and coatings.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
- pre-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- printer's devil — devil (def 5).
- private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- quasi-universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- raise the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.