16-letter words containing a, d, v, i, c
- manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
- measuring device — gauge
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- mental defective — a person who suffers from a learning disability or from some form of mental illness
- metavanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts; Formula: H4V2O7
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
- proper adjective — an adjective formed from a proper noun, as American from America.
- pyrovanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts; Formula: H4V2O7
- pyruvic aldehyde — a yellow, liquid compound, C 3 H 4 O 2 , containing both an aldehyde and a ketone group, usually obtained in a polymeric form: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- refractive index — index of refraction.
- same-day service — (humour, operating system) An ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with respect to MS-DOS system calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute). Such response time is a major incentive for programmers to write programs that are not well-behaved. See also PC-ism.
- scandinavian lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
- self-deliverance — suicide.
- self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
- 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.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
- vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
- 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.”.
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- viola da braccio — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held against the shoulder like a violin: superseded by the modern viola.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.