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15-letter words containing v, i, d, e, o

  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • 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.
  • double genitive — a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • drive-up window — a window through which customers are served at a drive-through facility.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • executive order — An executive order is a regulation issued by a member of the executive branch of government. It has the same authority as a law.
  • field of vision — the entire view encompassed by the eye when it is trained in any particular direction.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • have got it bad — to be infatuated
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
  • holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
  • house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
  • indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
  • interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
  • 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.
  • investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
  • 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.
  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
  • leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
  • media converter — (networking)   A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
  • nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
  • node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
  • non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
  • non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
  • nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
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