19-letter words containing a, t, e, n, i, v
- data driven machine — (language) (DDM) A dataflow language.
- declaration of love — a statement made by one person to another in which they say they are in love with the other person
- detective constable — a police officer who investigates crime and who is of the lowest rank
- differential driver — (hardware) An electronic device (commonly an integrated circuit), containing two amplifiers, used to drive a differential line.
- disadvantageousness — The state or quality of being disadvantageous.
- display advertising — display ads taken collectively.
- distance university — a degree-granting institution operating wholly or mainly by correspondence courses for students not resident on or within commuting distance of the campus.
- distinctive feature — a feature of the sound system of a language that serves as the crucial distinguishing mark between two phonemes, as the distinctive feature of voicing, which distinguishes b from p in English, or nasality, which distinguishes m from b and p.
- diversional therapy — the structured use of leisure time in recreation and play as a form of or supplement to conventional therapy
- dominant wavelength — the wavelength of monochromatic light that would give the same visual sensation if combined in a suitable proportion with an achromatic light
- ecumenical movement — See under ecumenical (def 4).
- educational adviser — a person who provides advice and training to teachers about teaching methods and educational policies
- electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
- energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
- environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
- environmental lobby — a group of people who promote environmental issues to government, the public, and business
- evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
- evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
- executive agreement — an agreement made between the US President and the head of a foreign state, having the effect of a treaty
- fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
- february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
- february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
- figurative language — language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
- florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
- give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
- grade point average — a measure of scholastic attainment computed by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.
- gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
- grievance committee — a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.
- hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
- have a good mind to — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.
- have half a mind to — to have the intention of
- have one's way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- have sth against sb — If you have something against someone or something, you dislike them.
- have the makings of — show potential as
- henry david thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- henry the navigator — Prince, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal.
- hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
- hotel des invalides — a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
- imperative language — (language) Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform. An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of steps. Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps.
- in the driving seat — If you say that someone is in the driving seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
- in-service training — training that is given to employees during the course of employment
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- indirect initiative — a procedure in which a statute or amendment proposed by popular petition must receive legislative consideration before being submitted to the voters.
- inductive reactance — the opposition of inductance to alternating current, equal to the product of the angular frequency of the current times the self-inductance. Symbol: X L.
- information service — a service which provides information
- intensive care unit — the specialized center in a hospital where intensive care is provided. Abbreviation: ICU.