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15-letter words containing v, i, r, t, u

  • intraindividual — Occurring within an individual.
  • intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
  • involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
  • invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
  • jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
  • living quarters — accommodation
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
  • multum in parvo — much in a small space
  • myristicivorous — feeding on nutmeg
  • natural varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • negative number — a number that is less than 0
  • non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  • nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
  • penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • postdivestiture — taking place after divestiture
  • private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • relative clause — a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote.
  • revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
  • revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rhesus positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
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