15-letter words containing v, a, s, t, n, e
- 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.
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- 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
- extravagantness — The quality of being extravagant.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
- 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
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- 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
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- inevitabilities — Plural form of inevitability.
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- initiative test — a test to see how resourceful someone is and their ability to decide what to do and when to do it
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- insignificative — not expressed or denoted by external signs
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- intertransverse — (anatomy) Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae.
- 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.
- 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.
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- 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.
- 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.
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- 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.
- living quarters — accommodation
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- 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.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- 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
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- net asset value — the total value of the assets of an organization less its liabilities and capital charges
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.