16-letter words containing iv
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
- objective spirit — the human spirit, insofar as it has become capable of a rational identification of its individual self with the community of other spirits but is not yet capable of the identification with the absolute idea that characterizes the absolute spirit.
- offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
- on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
- optical activity — the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
- over-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- over-imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- passive immunity — immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum.
- passive transfer — Immunology. injection of lymphocytes or antibody from an immune or sensitized donor to a nonimmune host in order to impart immunity or test for allergic reactions.
- past progressive — a verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the past tense followed by a present participle and used especially to indicate that an action or event was incomplete or in progress at a point of reference in the past, as was sleeping in I was sleeping when the phone rang.
- peace initiative — the first or opening move in negotiating an end to conflict or negotiating peace
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- photosensitivity — the quality of being photosensitive.
- phytosuccivorous — feeding on sap, as certain sucking insects.
- plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
- positive vetting — the checking of a person's background, political affiliation, etc, to assess his suitability for a position that may involve national security
- preemptive right — a privilege given to an existing shareholder to buy a portion of a new stock issue at the offering price on a pro-rata per-share basis.
- premier division — a football or soccer league division consisting of the top ten Scottish football teams
- presumptive heir — heir presumptive.
- primitive church — the early Christian church, especially in reference to its earliest form and organization.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
- private practice — the practice of one's profession as an independent rather than as an employee.
- private property — land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use
- private viewdata — an interactive video text system with restricted access
- private-line car — a freight car owned by a company other than a railroad but operated over the tracks of railroads.
- privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
- privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
- progressive jazz — an experimental, nonmelodic, and often free-flowing style of modern jazz, especially in the form of highly dissonant, rhythmically complex orchestral arrangements. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz.
- progressive jpeg — (graphics, file format) (PJPEG) An implementation of JPEG that supports progressive coding.
- progressive lens — a multifocal eyeglass lens that provides a continuous range of focal power between near and far distances.
- projective plane — (mathematics) The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of smoothness on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space".
- proper adjective — an adjective formed from a proper noun, as American from America.
- protective slope — a slope given to a yard or the like to drain surface water away from a building.
- punitive damages — law: penalty payment
- pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
- quantitativeness — The state or quality of being quantitative.
- quasi-equivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- rear-wheel drive — a layout in motor vehicles which places the engine at the front and the driven wheels at the rear
- receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
- reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage