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14-letter words containing t, a, v, e

  • gavel-to-gavel — from the opening to the closing of a formal session or series of sessions: gavel-to-gavel television coverage of the Congressional hearing.
  • gender-variant — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms: Don't call him a sissy; he's just a teenager with gender-variant behavior. Are metrosexuals part of the gender-variant community?
  • gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
  • george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
  • george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
  • given that sth — If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • government man — (in the 19th century) a convict
  • governmentally — 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.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • graveyard stew — milk toast.
  • greater weever — either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) having highly poisonous dorsal spines.
  • hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • have a bash at — to make an attempt at
  • have a mind to — think about doing
  • have a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • have a stomack — to be pregnant
  • have an eye to — to watch out for; attend to
  • have bought it — to be killed
  • have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have it in one — to have the ability (to do something)
  • have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • have the grace — to be so aware of what is proper as (to do something)
  • have the heart — to have the necessary will, callousness, etc (to do something)
  • haven't a clue — If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
  • health service — system of medical care
  • health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
  • heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
  • heat-sensitive — responding to heat or to changes in temperature
  • heavy breather — a person who breathes stertorously or with difficulty
  • heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
  • heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
  • imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
  • improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
  • improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
  • inappreciative — not appreciative; lacking in appreciation.
  • inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
  • inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
  • innovativeness — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
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