17-letter words containing a, m, t, i, v

job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
macroinvertebrate — (zoology) An invertebrate that is large enough to be seen without the use of a microscope.
make conversation — If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to.
martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
method invocation — (programming) In object-oriented programming, the way the program looks up the right code to run when a method with a given name is called ("invoked") on an object. The method is first looked for in the object's class, then that class's superclass and so on up the class hierarchy until a method with the given name is found (the name is "resolved"). Generally, method lookup cannot be performed at compile time because the object's class is not known until run time. This is the case for an object method whereas a class method is just an ordinary function (that is bundled with a given class) and can be resolved at compile time (or load time in the case of a dynamically loaded library).
microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
microinvertebrate — An invertebrate of microscopic size.
military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty
military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
mother of vinegar — mother2 .
mountain viscacha — the mountain chinchilla
muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
myasthenia gravis — a disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses, characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigability, especially of the face, tongue, neck, and respiratory muscles: caused by autoimmune destruction of acetylcholine receptors. Abbreviation: MG.
naming convention — 1. (programming) variable naming convention. 2. (networking) Universal Naming Convention.
navigation system — A navigation system is an instrument that determines the position of a vehicle and the route to a particular place.
neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
non-communicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
omnia vincit amor — love conquers all things
otto von bismarck — Otto von [ot-oh von;; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn;; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
peak viewing time — the time at which the largest numbers of the population are watching television
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 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.
pro-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
promotional event — occasion organized to market or advertise sth
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.
quasi-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
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
romantic movement — the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement in France, Germany, England, and America to establish Romanticism in art and literature.
selective amnesia — the deliberate forgetting of something
semi-quantitative — partially quantitative.
sentimental value — personal, emotional significance
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
supermassive star — Astronomy. a star with a mass more than fifty times the mass of the sun.
terminal velocity — Physics. the velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity. the maximum velocity of a body falling through a viscous fluid.
the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
to have a mind to — If you have a mind to do something, you want, intend, or choose to do it.
unimaginativeness — the quality of being unimaginative

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