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16-letter words containing a, r, d, v

  • development area — (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • devonshire cream — clotted cream.
  • distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
  • diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
  • division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
  • divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
  • drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
  • elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
  • fielding average — a measure of the fielding ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of put-outs and assists by the number of put-outs, assists, and errors and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with ten errors in 600 chances has a fielding average of .984.
  • find favour with — to be approved of by someone
  • first derivative — the derivative of a function: Velocity is the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
  • forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
  • forward delivery — delivery at a future date.
  • gender-normative — cisgender.
  • general delivery — a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
  • gerard de nerval — Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
  • give a hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
  • gravity decanter — A gravity decanter is a vessel or stage in which two liquids of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
  • gravity railroad — a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.
  • harvard graphics — (graphics, tool)   A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
  • have a hard time — experience difficulties
  • have a word with — discuss
  • have been around — be experienced
  • have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
  • hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
  • indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
  • inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
  • letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
  • leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
  • living standards — standard of living; material quality of life
  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
  • measuring device — gauge
  • medal of bravery — a Canadian award for courage
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • mind over matter — You can use the expression mind over matter to describe situations in which a person seems to be able to control events, physical objects, or the condition of their own body using their mind.
  • mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
  • never-never land — an unreal, imaginary, or ideal state, condition, place, etc.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
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