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

  • 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.
  • elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
  • ex-dividend date — The ex-dividend date is the date after the declaration of a dividend on which the buyer of a stock is not entitled to receive the next dividend payment.
  • 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.
  • gender-normative — cisgender.
  • give a hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • 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.
  • have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
  • have a hard time — experience difficulties
  • have a word with — discuss
  • have in the wind — to be in the act of following (quarry) by scent
  • have the decency — If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done.
  • have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
  • have the wood on — to have an advantage over
  • heavy with child — pregnant
  • 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 daylights — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
  • living standards — standard of living; material quality of life
  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • medieval studies — a course of study based on the history of the Middle Ages
  • melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • mental defective — a person who suffers from a learning disability or from some form of mental illness
  • metavanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts; Formula: H4V2O7
  • 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.
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
  • overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • private viewdata — an interactive video text system with restricted access
  • privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
  • privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
  • proper adjective — an adjective formed from a proper noun, as American from America.
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
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