14-letter words containing r, e, v, t
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nonfinite verb — a verb form that does not indicate person or number; in English, the infinitive and participles.
- noninteractive — acting one upon or with the other.
- nonintroverted — Not introverted.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonprocreative — Not procreative.
- nonprovocative — Not provocative.
- nonradioactive — not radioactive
- nonrestorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonretroactive — not retroactive
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
- novell netware — (operating system, networking) Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. NetWare for Unix lets users access Unix hosts. NetWare 2.2 is a 16-bit operating system, versions 4.x and 3.x are 32-bit operating systems.
- objet de vertu — an object of virtu
- octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
- on the average — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- on the improve — improving
- on the viretot — in a rush
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
- over the score — excessive; unfair
- over-advertise — to advertise too much
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- over-attention — the act or faculty of attending, especially by directing the mind to an object.
- over-attentive — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- over-confident — too confident.
- over-criticize — to censure or find fault with.
- over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
- over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- overaccentuate — to accentuate too much
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overallocation — Excess allocation.
- overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- overcommitment — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
- overcommitting — Present participle of overcommit.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.