17-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e

primitive baptist — (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.
private detective — a detective who is not a member of an official force but is employed by private parties.
private education — education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
private placement — a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
private secretary — a person who attends to the individual or confidential correspondence, files, etc., of a business executive, official, or the like.
pro forma invoice — an invoice issued before an order is placed or before the goods are delivered giving all the details and the cost of the goods
pro-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
probability curve — a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
progressive party — a political party formed in 1912 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, advocating popular control of government, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, woman suffrage, etc.
promotional event — occasion organized to market or advertise sth
protective tariff — a tariff levied on imports to protect the domestic economy rather than to raise revenue
provincial police — (in Canada) the police force of a province, esp Ontario or Quebec
pseudo-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
putative marriage — a marriage contracted in violation of an impediment, but in good faith on the part of one or both of the contracting persons.
quantity surveyor — A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road.
radiative capture — the capture of a particle, as a neutron, by a nucleus, inducing the emission of electromagnetic radiation, as a gamma ray.
radioactive decay — decay (def 8).
radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
received standard — the form of educated English spoken originally in southern England and having Received Pronunciation as a chief distinguishing feature.
receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
recursive acronym — (convention) A hackish (and especially MIT) tradition is to choose acronyms and abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other acronyms or abbreviations. The classic examples were two MIT editors called EINE ("EINE Is Not Emacs") and ZWEI ("ZWEI Was EINE Initially"). More recently, there is a Scheme compiler called LIAR (Liar Imitates Apply Recursively), and GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix!" - and a company with the name CYGNUS, which expands to "Cygnus, Your GNU Support". See also mung.
relative aperture — the ratio of the diameter of a lens, especially a camera lens, to the focal length; the reciprocal of the f number or focal ratio of the lens.
relative humidity — the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh.
relative majority — the excess of votes or seats won by the winner of an election over the runner-up when no candidate or party has more than 50 per cent
relative pathname — (file system) A path relative to the working directory. Its first character can be anything but the pathname separator.
relativistic mass — the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases.
remittance advice — a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to let them know that their invoice has been paid
revascularization — the restoration of the blood circulation of an organ or area, achieved by unblocking obstructed or disrupted blood vessels or by surgically implanting replacements.
revealed religion — religion based chiefly on the revelations of God to humans, especially as described in Scripture.
reverse apartheid — a perceived bias against White people following the end of Apartheid
revolutionary war — American Revolution.
reza shah pahlavi — Muhammad Riza (or Reza) [ri-zah] /rɪˈzɑ/ (Show IPA), 1919–80, shah of Iran 1941–79; in exile after 1979 (son of Riza Shah Pahlavi).
rift valley fever — a highly infectious viral disease of humans and animals, transmitted by mosquitoes and other insects, occurring in Africa and characterized in humans by headache, fever, eye discomfort, and muscle aches, progressing in some cases to encephalitis, blindness, or internal bleeding.
romantic movement — the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement in France, Germany, England, and America to establish Romanticism in art and literature.
saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
saint croix river — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
second derivative — the derivative of the derivative of a function: Acceleration is the second derivative of distance with respect to time.
self-conservation — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
self-preservation — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
silver star medal — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded for gallantry in action
sleep deprivation — a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
soil conservation — any of various methods to achieve the maximum utilization of the land and preserve its resources through such controls as crop rotation, prevention of soil erosion, etc.
special privilege — exclusive advantage
spiral bevel gear — a bevel gear having curved teeth tending to converge on the axis of rotation.
squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
stellar evolution — the sequence of changes that occurs in a star as it ages
subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm

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