16-letter words containing a, c, t, i, v, e

private practice — the practice of one's profession as an independent rather than as an employee.
private-line car — a freight car owned by a company other than a railroad but operated over the tracks of railroads.
projective plane — (mathematics) The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of smoothness on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space".
proper adjective — an adjective formed from a proper noun, as American from America.
refractive index — index of refraction.
relativistically — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
reserve capacity — the capacity of a battery, measured in minutes, to keep a vehicle operating if the charging system fails.
resistance level — a point at which the rise in price of a specific stock is arrested due to more substantial selling than buying.
sabbatical leave — a year or shorter period of absence for study, rest, or travel, given at intervals (orig. every seven years) as to some college teachers and now to people in other fields, at full or partial salary
second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
service contract — law: between employer and employee
service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
service entrance — an entrance for the use of servants, delivery people, or the like.
severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
state's evidence — evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
thick as thieves — very close friends
travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
unattractiveness — the condition of not appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc
unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
vegetable slicer — a device with a sharp blade for slicing vegetables finely;
velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.
vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
vertical tasting — a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.
viceregal assent — the formal signing of an act of parliament by a governor general, by which it becomes law
victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
vincent's angina — a disease characterized by ulceration of the mucosa of the tonsils, pharynx, and mouth, by the presence of abundant bacilli and spirochetes, and by the development of a membrane.
virtual particle — an elementary particle of transitory existence that does not appear as a free particle in a particular situation but that can transmit a force from one particle to another.
visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
visual interface — (tool, text) (vi) /V-I/, /vi:/, *never* /siks/ A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early BSD release. vi became the de facto standard Unix editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favourite outside of MIT until the rise of Emacs after about 1984. It tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup provides no indication of which mode the editor is in (one correspondent accordingly reports that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi:l/). Nevertheless it is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 Usenet poll preferred it), and even some Emacs fans resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of Emacs). See holy wars.
vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
west valley city — city in NC Utah, near Salt Lake City: pop. 109,000
with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.

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