15-letter words containing a, l, v
- catarrhal fever — bluetongue.
- cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
- celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
- central reserve — the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway
- cerebrovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels and the blood supply of the brain
- cervical cancer — a cancer of the cervix (the lower end of the womb)
- cervical plexus — a network of nerves branching from the spinal nerves of the neck region and innervating the neck, chest, diaphragm, and part of the face.
- character level — the stage or rank of a player character in a role-playing game or video game: When you advance to a higher character level, your character will have access to more advanced skills.
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- church slavonic — Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church
- circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
- circumvallating — Present participle of circumvallate.
- circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
- civilianization — the conversion from military to civilian status
- cleavage-planes — the act of cleaving or splitting.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- closed traverse — a traverse ending at its point of origin.
- coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
- colour-reversal — (of film or photographic paper) designed to produce a positive image directly from a positive subject
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- commutative law — a law asserting that the order in which certain logical operations are performed is indifferent.
- conceivableness — The state or quality of being conceivable.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contravallation — fortifications built by besiegers around the place besieged
- controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- conventionalise — Alternative spelling of conventionalize.
- conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
- conventionalist — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- conventionality — the quality or characteristic of being conventional, esp in behaviour, thinking, etc
- conventionalize — to make conventional
- conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
- convolvulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Convolvulaceae, a family of plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and typically a climbing, twining, or prostrate habit: includes bindweed, morning-glory, and sweet potato
- correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
- costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- cover all bases — take full precautions
- cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- cross of valour — the highest Canadian award for bravery
- crossover value — the percentage of offspring showing recombination among the total offspring of a given cross. It indicates the amount of crossing over that has occurred and therefore the relative positions of the genes on the chromosomes
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth