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15-letter words containing r, v

  • nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
  • nonconservative — Not conservative.
  • nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
  • 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.
  • nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
  • nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
  • nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
  • observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • oliver cromwell — Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
  • on the verge of — about to
  • open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • orekhovo-zuyevo — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow.
  • ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
  • over one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
  • over-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-assessment — too much assessment
  • 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-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • over-confidence — too confident.
  • over-controlled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • over-correction — correction beyond what is needed or customary, especially when leading to error; overadjustment: The pilot made an overcorrection for headwinds.
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
  • over-engineered — unnecessarily complicated
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • over-estimation — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • over-exaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
  • over-excitement — to excite too much.
  • over-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
  • over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
  • over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
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