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19-letter words containing a, t, i, v, e

  • removable cartridge — a hard disk enclosed in a case that can be removed from the disk drive, having more storage than floppy disks.
  • republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  • reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
  • resistance movement — a movement fighting (for freedom, etc), often secretly or illegally, against an invader in an occupied country or against the country's government, etc
  • restorative justice — a theory and method in criminal justice in which it is arranged that the victim and the community receive restitution from the offender.
  • reversible reaction — a reaction that, depending on ambient conditions, can proceed in either of two directions: the production of the reaction products from the reactants, or the production of the original reactants from the formed reaction products. Compare equilibrium (def 4).
  • sacrifice operative — a euphemistic term for a suicide bomber
  • saint vitus's dance — chorea (def 2).
  • saturation coverage — news coverage (of an event, etc) that is very thorough in order not to miss any details
  • savings certificate — a certificate of deposit for a specific sum of money in a savings account, especially a deposit for a fixed term at a specified interest rate.
  • segmentation cavity — blastocoel.
  • selective attention — mental focus on sth in particular
  • semipalmated plover — a New World plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, having a black ring around the chest and semipalmate feet, inhabiting beaches and salt marshes.
  • sensory deprivation — the experimental or natural reduction of environmental stimuli, as by physical isolation or loss of eyesight, often leading to cognitive, perceptual, or behavioral changes, as disorientation, delusions, or panic.
  • separation negative — Photography. a black-and-white negative of one of the additive primary colors used to form a color image.
  • small advertisement — a short, simply designed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, usually set entirely in a small size of type
  • soviet central asia — the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
  • speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
  • st. kitts and nevis — country in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies, consisting of two islands (St. Kitts & Nevis): formerly a British colony, it became an independent state (1983) & a member of the Commonwealth: c. 101 sq mi (262 sq km); pop. 41,000; cap. Basseterre
  • stanford university — (education)   A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • starve the bardies! — an exclamation of surprise or protest
  • stochastic variable — a random variable.
  • subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
  • supernatural virtue — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • take evasive action — If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them.
  • take five, take ten — If someone tells you to take five or to take ten, they are telling you to have a five- or ten-minute break from what you are doing.
  • take it or leave it — If you say to someone 'take it or leave it', you are telling them that they can accept something or not accept it, but that you are not prepared to discuss any other alternatives.
  • take the initiative — If you take the initiative in a situation, you are the first person to act, and are therefore able to control the situation.
  • tamper-evident seal — A tamper-evident seal is a sealing device designed to reveal if the opening of a container has been interfered with.
  • tangential-velocity — the component of the linear motion of a star with respect to the sun, measured along a line perpendicular to its line of sight and expressed in miles or kilometers per second.
  • the provisional ira — the unofficial faction of the IRA that became increasingly dominant following a split in 1969. The Provisional movement remained committed to a policy of terrorism until its ceasefires of the mid-1990s
  • the varangian guard — the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor in the late 10th and 11th centuries, consisting of Varangians
  • the vatican council — the second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, also known as Vatican II, which sat from 1962 to 1965, and among other things allowed the liturgy to be said in the local language, not Latin
  • the wolverine state — a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes area of the north central US
  • theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • ticket-of-leave man — (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him
  • to fit like a glove — If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly.
  • to give sb a leg up — to help with climbing
  • to have it off/away — To have it off with someone or have it away with someone means to have sex with them.
  • to have sth in mind — If you ask someone what they have in mind, you want to know in more detail about an idea or wish they have.
  • torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
  • travelers' diarrhea — persistent and often severe diarrhea experienced by a traveler whose digestive system is unaccustomed to the bacteria in local food and water.
  • traveling-wave tube — an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
  • travelling expenses — expenses that are paid to someone, for example, by their employer, for the costs they need to travel
  • travelling salesman — A travelling salesman is a salesman who travels to different places and meets people in order to sell goods or take orders.
  • turn in their grave — If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
  • universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
  • university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
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