14-letter words containing v, i, s, e, c, t
- disincentivise — Alternative spelling of disincentivize.
- disincentivize — to discourage or deter by removing incentives: The expiration of tax credits will disincentivize future participation in the energy-efficiency program. More affordable cholesterol-lowering medication may disincentivize people from adopting a vegetarian diet.
- diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- endocervicitis — (medicine) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the uterine cervix.
- eta conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus, the eta conversion rule states \ x . f x <--> f provided x does not occur as a free variable in f and f is a function. Left to right is eta reduction, right to left is eta abstraction (or eta expansion). This conversion is only valid if bottom and \ x . bottom are equivalent in all contexts. They are certainly equivalent when applied to some argument - they both fail to terminate. If we are allowed to force the evaluation of an expression in any other way, e.g. using seq in Miranda or returning a function as the overall result of a program, then bottom and \ x . bottom will not be equivalent. See also observational equivalence, reduction.
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- forest service — a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, created in 1905, that protects and develops the national forests and grasslands.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
- give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
- guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
- health service — system of medical care
- hyperviscosity — the abnormal thickening of a liquid
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- 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
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- nonconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondistinctive — not serving to distinguish meanings: a nondistinctive difference in sound.
- nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
- nonobjectivist — (philosophy) One who is not an objectivist.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- objective case — objective (def 2a).
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective test — a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.
- objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.