14-letter words containing v, e, n, o, s
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondistinctive — not serving to distinguish meanings: a nondistinctive difference in sound.
- nondiversified — Not diversified.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
- nonobjectivist — (philosophy) One who is not an objectivist.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
- nonrestorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonsense verse — a form of light verse, usually for children, depicting imaginative characters in amusing situations of fantasy, whimsical in tone and with a rhythmic appeal, often employing fanciful phrases and meaningless made-up words.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsupervisory — not supervisory
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
- omnivorousness — eating both animal and plant foods.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
- oppressiveness — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- over-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- over-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- over-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
- overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overdistention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
- overestimation — An excessive estimation.
- overgenerosity — the quality of being too generous
- overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
- overinvestment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- oversensitized — to render sensitive.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- passive reason — the reasoning faculty existing only within an individual mind, limited in scope and perishing with the body.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.