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15-letter words containing v, a, r

  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
  • grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
  • gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
  • graves' disease — a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid, a rapid pulse, and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion; exophthalmic goiter.
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
  • gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • gravitationally — As a result of the force of gravity.
  • gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
  • green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
  • guadalupe river — a river in SE Texas, flowing SE to the San Antonio River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • hard disk drive — (storage)   (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
  • have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
  • have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
  • have a right to — be entitled to
  • have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • have the ear of — to be in a position to influence
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • head over heels — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
  • heaviside layer — E layer.
  • heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
  • heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
  • heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
  • hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hyperaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
  • hyperreactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
  • imperial valley — an irrigated agricultural region in SE California, adjacent to Mexico, formerly a part of the Colorado Desert: it is largely below sea level and contains the Salton Sink.
  • imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
  • 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
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