15-letter words containing s, t, o, v, e
- 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 bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- 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.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
- low-level waste — waste material contaminated by traces of radioactivity that can be disposed of in steel drums in concrete-lined trenches but not (since 1983) in the sea
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
- nastic movement — a response of plant parts that is independent of the direction of the external stimulus, such as the opening of buds caused by an alteration in light intensity
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-instinctive — prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned: an instinctive will to survive.
- non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- 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.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- 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.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
- 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-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-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.