14-letter words containing s, a, v, i
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-aggressive — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonrestorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- novoshakhtinsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, NE of the Sea of Azov.
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- objective case — objective (def 2a).
- objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- 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-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
- overestimation — An excessive estimation.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.