0%

15-letter words containing v, f, o

  • heave-off hinge — loose-joint hinge.
  • in the event of — something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
  • informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • inoffensiveness — The state or condition of being inoffensive.
  • irrespective of — regardless of sth
  • 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.
  • ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
  • java 2 platform — Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
  • 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
  • law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
  • leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
  • liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
  • loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
  • mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
  • mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
  • negative profit — a financial loss
  • node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
  • non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • on the verge of — about to
  • oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
  • over-confidence — too confident.
  • over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
  • overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
  • overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
  • oxford movement — the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 in opposition to liberalizing, rationalizing, and evangelical tendencies and emphasizing the principles of primitive and patristic Christianity as well as the historic and catholic character of the church.
  • peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
  • preverification — the state of being verified.
  • purple foxglove — a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.
  • queen of heaven — a designation of the Virgin Mary.
  • reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
  • relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • reserve officer — a noncareer commissioned officer in a military reserve unit who has served on active duty and who may be recalled to active service during an emergency.
  • retroreflective — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
  • revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • shield of david — a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?