15-letter words containing v, i, t, a, e, s
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- intervisitation — the act of visiting.
- 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.
- investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- 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.
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- living quarters — accommodation
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- nastic movement — a response of plant parts that is independent of the direction of the external stimulus, such as the opening of buds caused by an alteration in light intensity
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- over-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- over-estimation — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- over-passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- 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.
- pavement artist — sidewalk artist.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- penetrativeness — the quality or condition of being penetrative
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- positive caster — a person or thing that casts.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.