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15-letter words containing ve

  • nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
  • nonexploitative — not exploitative
  • nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • nongovernmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • nonintervention — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
  • 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.
  • nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • 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
  • not have a bean — to be without money
  • 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.
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
  • oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • oliver cromwell — Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
  • on an even keel — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
  • on the qui vive — on the qui vive, on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.
  • on the verge of — about to
  • open convention — a party convention at which delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.
  • open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
  • ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
  • over one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
  • over-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-assessment — too much assessment
  • over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • over-confidence — too confident.
  • over-controlled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • over-correction — correction beyond what is needed or customary, especially when leading to error; overadjustment: The pilot made an overcorrection for headwinds.
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
  • over-engineered — unnecessarily complicated
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