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17-letter words containing a, s, v

  • cat-scratch fever — a disease of humans caused by an organism, Bartonella henselae, usually resulting from a scratch by a cat and characterized by lymph node enlargement
  • cavalier servente — a lover; suitor.
  • cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
  • chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
  • chapter and verse — If you say that someone gives you chapter and verse on a particular subject, you are emphasizing that they tell you every detail about it.
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
  • coitus reservatus — the deliberate delaying or avoidance of orgasm during intercourse
  • collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
  • composite volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
  • composite-volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
  • concessive clause — A concessive clause is a subordinate clause which refers to a situation that contrasts with the one described in the main clause. For example, in the sentence 'Although he was tired, he couldn't get to sleep', the first clause is a concessive clause.
  • conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
  • consumer advocate — consumerist (def 1).
  • consumer-advocate — Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.
  • contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
  • contradistinctive — distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
  • controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
  • conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
  • conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.
  • cooperative store — a retail store owned and managed by consumer-customers who supply the capital and share in the profits by patronage dividends.
  • corpus cavernosum — either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals
  • cover your tracks — If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of their identity or their actions, because they want to keep them secret.
  • cracking severity — Cracking severity is the temperature used in a cracking process to yield a product, higher temperatures being used to produce ethane and benzene, and lower temperatures to produce propene and liquid products.
  • cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
  • dangerous driving — the act of driving a motor vehicle in a manner that falls far below that expected of a competent and careful driver and hence puts the life of the driver and the lives of other road users at risk
  • data service unit — (communications)   (DSU or "data service unit") A device used in digital transmission for connecting a CSU (Channel Service Unit) to Data Terminal Equipment (a terminal or computer), in the same way that a modem is used for connection to an analogue medium. A DSU provides a standard interface to a user's terminal which is compatible with modems and handles such functions as signal translation, regeneration, reformatting, and timing. The transmitting portion of the DSU processeses the customers' signal into bipolar pulses suitable for transmission over the digital facility. The receiving portion of the DSU is used both to extract timing information and to regenerate mark and space information from the received bipolar signal.
  • david livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
  • demonstrativeness — The state or quality of being demonstrative.
  • denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
  • denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
  • desaix de veygoux — Louis Charles Antoine [lwee sharl ahn-twan] /lwi ʃærl ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1768–1800, French general.
  • designated driver — The designated driver in a group of people travelling together is the one who has agreed to drive, or who is insured to drive.
  • developmentalists — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
  • devil's food cake — a rich chocolate cake
  • disadvantagedness — The quality of being disadvantaged.
  • disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
  • disaster recovery — (business)   (DR) Planning and implementation of procedures and facilities for use when essential systems are not available for a period long enough to have a significant impact on the business, e.g. when the head office is blown up. Disasters include natural: fire, flood, lightning, hurricane; hardware: power failure, component failure, head crash; software failure: bugs, resources; vandalism: arson, bombing, cracking, theft; data corruption or loss: human error, media failure; communications: computer network equipment, network storm, telephones; security: passwords compromised, computer virus; legal: change in legislation; personnel: unavailability of essential staff, industrial action. Companies need to plan for disaster: before: risk analysis, preventive measures, training; during: how should staff and systems respond; after: recovery measures, post mortem analysis. Hardware can usually be replaced and is usually insured. Software and data needs to be backed up off site. Alternative communication systems should be arranged in case of network failure or inaccessible premises, e.g. emergency telephone number, home working, alternative data center.
  • discrete variable — a variable that may assume only a countable, and usually finite, number of values.
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • dissolve in tears — weep
  • division of labor — a production process in which a worker or group of workers is assigned a specialized task in order to increase efficiency.
  • dow jones average — The Dow Jones Average is a daily measurement of stock-exchange prices, based on the average price of a selected number of securities.
  • eastern transvaal — Mpumalanga
  • environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
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