19-letter words containing a, c, o, r, n, v
- energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
- evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
- geneva nomenclature — an internationally accepted system for naming organic carbon compounds.
- grievance committee — a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.
- grievance procedure — the established series of steps to be taken in dealing with a grievance raised with an employer by an employee
- hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
- information service — a service which provides information
- interactive fiction — an adventure or mystery story, usually presented as a video game or book, in which the player or reader is given choices as to how the storyline is to develop or the mystery is to be solved.
- internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
- invasion of privacy — an encroachment upon the right to be let alone or to be free from publicity.
- lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- magnetomotive force — a scalar quantity that is a measure of the sources of magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit. Abbreviation: mmf.
- major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
- matthias i corvinus — ?1440–90, king of Hungary (1458–90): built up the most powerful kingdom in Central Europe. A patron of Renaissance art, he founded the Corvina library, one of the finest in Europe
- mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- motivation research — the application of the knowledge and techniques of the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, to understanding consumer attitudes and behavior: used as a guide in advertising and marketing.
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
- nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
- not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
- old church slavonic — the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbreviation: OCS.
- ordnance survey map — An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization.
- over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- overhead projection — the projection (using an overhead projector) of an enlarged image of a transparency onto a surface above and behind the person using it
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- private prosecution — a prosecution started by a private individual rather than by the police
- professional advice — advice given by someone trained in a particular and relevant profession or job
- pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
- reactive depression — depression occurring in response to some situational stress, as loss of one's job.
- reciprocal leveling — leveling between two widely separated points in which observations are made in both directions to eliminate the effects of atmospheric refraction and the curvature of the earth.
- relative complement — the set of elements contained in a given set that are not elements of another specified set.
- republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
- reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
- resistance movement — a movement fighting (for freedom, etc), often secretly or illegally, against an invader in an occupied country or against the country's government, etc
- reversible reaction — a reaction that, depending on ambient conditions, can proceed in either of two directions: the production of the reaction products from the reactants, or the production of the original reactants from the formed reaction products. Compare equilibrium (def 4).
- saturation coverage — news coverage (of an event, etc) that is very thorough in order not to miss any details
- soviet central asia — the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
- to carry conviction — If something carries conviction, it is likely to be true or likely to be believed.
- torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
- victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- vinculum matrimonii — the bond of matrimony.
- volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998