15-letter words containing s, e, v, r, i
- 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.
- jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- 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.
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- 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.
- morning service — a regular church service in the mornng
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- 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.
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- 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-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-distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- 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-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
- over-passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.