15-letter words containing iv
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- native immunity — immunity that is present without prior immunization.
- native language — first language, mother tongue
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- negative equity — If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat has negative equity, the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home.
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-carnivorous — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- 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.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-instinctive — prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned: an instinctive will to survive.
- non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- non-penetrative — (of sexual activity) not involving penetration by the penis
- non-qualitative — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonanticipative — Not anticipative.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nonexploitative — not exploitative
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- noninvasiveness — The characteristic of being noninvasive.
- nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonquantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- 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.
- not give a hoot — not care
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
- obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- oliver cromwell — Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
- on the qui vive — on the qui vive, on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.