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15-letter words containing v, e, r, o, n

  • 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.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
  • have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
  • 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.
  • heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
  • 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.
  • hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
  • hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
  • hyperresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
  • 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
  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
  • informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • inobtrusiveness — the quality of being unobtrusive
  • inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
  • interconversion — conversion of each of two things into the other; reciprocal conversion.
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
  • intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
  • interventionary — the act or fact of intervening.
  • interventionism — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
  • interventionist — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
  • intervisitation — the act of visiting.
  • introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
  • inversion layer — a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
  • 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.
  • involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • irvine dataflow — (language)   (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
  • javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
  • labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • lamino-alveolar — articulated with the blade of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge.
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