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15-letter words containing s, n, i, v

  • inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
  • inquisitiveness — given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
  • insensitiveness — Quality of being insensitive.
  • insignificative — not expressed or denoted by external signs
  • instructiveness — Quality of being instructive.
  • interconversion — conversion of each of two things into the other; reciprocal conversion.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • intersubjective — comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language.
  • intertransverse — (anatomy) Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae.
  • interuniversity — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • 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.
  • interventionism — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
  • interventionist — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
  • intervisibility — the state or fact of being visible.
  • intervisitation — the act of visiting.
  • intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
  • introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
  • intussusceptive — Relating to intussusception.
  • inverness-shire — (until 1975) a county of NW Scotland, now part of Highland
  • 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.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
  • investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
  • investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
  • invisible glass — glass that has been curved to eliminate reflections.
  • involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
  • 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.
  • ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • king's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
  • labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
  • las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
  • 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
  • light-sensitive — (of a surface) having a photoelectric property, such as the ability to generate a current, change its electrical resistance, etc, when exposed to light
  • living expenses — money spent on basic needs
  • living quarters — accommodation
  • living standard — standard of living.
  • loan investment — a loan made as an investment
  • loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
  • loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
  • loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
  • maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
  • male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
  • male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
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