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15-letter words containing t, s, a, v, o

  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
  • dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • faites vos jeux — place your bets! (a phrase used by croupiers in roulette and other casino gambling games)
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
  • improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
  • improvisatorial — relating to an improvisator
  • improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
  • in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
  • in vino veritas — in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunk
  • informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
  • intervisitation — the act of visiting.
  • 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.
  • involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
  • moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
  • multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
  • 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
  • navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
  • navigation laws — laws relating to navigation
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