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14-letter words containing v, i, c, a

  • high-achieving — (of a person) dynamic, ambitious, and successful
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
  • improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
  • inappreciative — not appreciative; lacking in appreciation.
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
  • interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
  • inverted comma — quotation mark.
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • italian clover — crimson clover.
  • lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
  • launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • local variable — (programming)   A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
  • logic variable — (programming)   A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
  • meta-cognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
  • microwave oven — an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
  • misgovernaunce — misgovernment
  • mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
  • multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
  • musca volitans — floater (def 6).
  • music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
  • nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
  • navigation act — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
  • negative space — shape of space around an object
  • nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
  • nerve-wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
  • non-creativity — the state or quality of being creative.
  • non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
  • nonachievement — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
  • nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • noncommutative — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
  • noncontrastive — not contrastive.
  • noncooperative — Not cooperative; uncooperative.
  • noncorrelative — Not correlative.
  • noncultivation — the state of not cultivating
  • nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
  • nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
  • noninteractive — acting one upon or with the other.
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