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17-letter words containing a, r, v, l

  • 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.
  • shetland pullover — a thick woollen sweater made from Shetland wool
  • 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
  • small waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Horisme vitalbata, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
  • sodium-vapor lamp — an electric lamp in which sodium vapor is activated by current passing between two electrodes, producing a yellow, glareless light: used on streets and highways.
  • 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.
  • spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
  • special privilege — exclusive advantage
  • spiral bevel gear — a bevel gear having curved teeth tending to converge on the axis of rotation.
  • stellar evolution — the sequence of changes that occurs in a star as it ages
  • structural survey — an examination of a property carried out by surveyor which should reveal any problems with the building
  • 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
  • subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
  • survival instinct — the instinct in humans and animals to do things in a dangerous situation that will prevent them from dying
  • sybase sql server — Adaptive Server Enterprise
  • synovial membrane — anatomy: connective tissue
  • 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 evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  • traffic violation — driving offence
  • transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
  • travelling people — Gypsies or other itinerant people: a term used esp by such people of themselves
  • twelve patriarchs — any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
  • ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
  • universal algebra — (logic)   The model theory of first-order equational logic.
  • universal grammar — a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages.
  • urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
  • vaginal discharge — emission from the female genitalia
  • vale of glamorgan — a county borough of S Wales, created in 1996 from parts of South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Barry. Pop: 121 200 (2003 est). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
  • valence electrons — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
  • valetudinarianism — the state, condition, or habits of a valetudinarian.
  • valsalva maneuver — a forced expiratory effort against a closed glottis that decreases intrathoracic pressure, hampering venous return to the heart, and that can be used to inflate the Eustachian tubes and adjust pressure in the middle ear.
  • vanilla-flavoured — having been flavoured with vanilla extract or essence
  • variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • vascular cylinder — stele (sense 3)
  • vehicle insurance — Vehicle insurance is insurance purchased for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other road vehicles.
  • velaric airstream — a current of mouth air produced by the action of the tongue, operant in forming click sounds.
  • venereal diseases — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
  • vernacularization — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
  • vertical analysis — the conversion of an organization's profits and losses into overall percentages
  • vertical mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • vertical planning — the planning of education delivered in schools discussed between teachers of different classes or grades
  • vertical retailer — A vertical retailer is a retail business that designs, produces, and sells its own products, without using middlemen or wholesalers, so that it can satisfy customer demands very efficiently.
  • very large memory — (architecture)   (VLM) A processor and operating system that can use more than 4GB of RAM, which is the limit for systems using 32-bit addresses. VLM architectures allow application programs and Very Large Databases with more than 4GB of data to be placed entirely in physical memory, with large performance enhancements. Some recent processors like the DEC Alpha can process 64 bits of data at a time and use addresses wider than 32 bits. (Solaris http://sun.com/solaris/64bit.html). (SGI http://sgi.com/Technology/standard/faq.html). (Unix 98 http://UNIX-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html).
  • vestibular system — the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance
  • vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
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