14-letter words containing a, v, e, n, s
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- have a case on — an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
- have one's say — When one of the people or groups involved in a discussion has their say, they give their opinion.
- have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
- heat-sensitive — responding to heat or to changes in temperature
- heaven help sb — You say 'Heaven help someone' when you are worried that something bad is going to happen to them, often because you disapprove of what they are doing or the way they are behaving.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- individualised — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- individualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualise.
- individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.
- inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- innovativeness — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- inviolableness — The quality or state of being inviolable.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- mean sea level — (in the UK) the sea level used by the Ordnance Survey as a datum level, determined at Newlyn in Cornwall
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- metanarratives — Plural form of metanarrative.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadvisedness — the state of being ill-advised or misguided
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
- nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
- negative space — shape of space around an object