15-letter words containing a, d, v, e
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
- danse du ventre — belly dance
- data link level — data link layer
- database server — A stand-alone computer in a local area network that holds and manages the database. It implies that database management functions, such as locating the actual record being requested, is performed in the server computer. Contrast with file server, which acts as a remote disk drive and requires that large parts of the database, for example, entire indexes, be transmitted to the user's computer where the real database management tasks are performed. First-generation personal computer database software was not designed for a network; thus, modified versions of the software released by the vendors employed the file server concept. Second-generation products, designed for local area networks, perform the management tasks in the server where they should be done, and consequently are turning the file server into a database server.
- davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
- de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
- death in venice — a novella (1913) by Thomas Mann.
- decorative arts — art that is meant to be useful as well as beautiful, as ceramics, furniture, jewelry, and textiles.
- deep-sea diving — the activity of diving and exploring in the deep parts of the sea
- deindividuation — the loss of a person's sense of individuality and personal responsibility
- delivery charge — A delivery charge is the cost of transporting or delivering goods.
- demi-vegetarian — a person who eats poultry and fish, but no red meat
- demisemiquavers — Plural form of demisemiquaver.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
- digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disassimilative — of or relating to disassimilation
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- divide and rule — You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
- divided highway — a superhighway with a broad median strip, designed to prevent collisions, headlight glare, etc., between vehicles moving in opposite directions, and usually having limited or cloverleaf access.
- dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
- dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- dvorak keyboard — a keyboard designed to facilitate typing speed by having the most frequently used characters on the home row, with all the vowels on the left side.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- eleventh-grader — a student in the eleventh grade of high school
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- executive board — administrative committee
- federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
- first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
- forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
- galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
- gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.