20-letter words containing a, v, i, n

inductive statistics — the branch of statistics dealing with conclusions, generalizations, predictions, and estimations based on data from samples.
information overload — an excess of incoming information, as might confront a pedestrian on a crowded city street, that forces one to be selective in the information received and retained.
inland revenue stamp — a certificate issued by the Inland Revenue to acknowledge payment of tax
intervening variable — a hypothetical variable postulated to account for the way in which a set of independent variables control a set of dependent variables
intravenous drug use — the injection of drugs intravenously
inventory adjustment — Inventory adjustments are increases or decreases made in inventory to account for theft, loss, breakages, and errors in the amount or number of items received.
japanese river fever — an infectious disease occurring chiefly in Japan and the East Indies, caused by the organism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by mites through biting.
java development kit — (language, compiler) (JDK) A free Sun Microsystems product which provides the environment required for programming in Java. The JDK is available for a variety of platforms, but most notably Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows.
java virtual machine — (language, architecture) (JVM) A specification for software which interprets Java programs that have been compiled into byte-codes, and usually stored in a ".class" file. The JVM instruction set is stack-oriented, with variable instruction length. Unlike some other instruction sets, the JVM's supports object-oriented programming directly by including instructions for object method invocation (similar to subroutine call in other instruction sets). The JVM itself is written in C and so can be ported to run on most platforms. It needs thread support and I/O (for dynamic class loading). The Java byte-code is independent of the platform. There are also some hardware implementations of the JVM.
keratoconjunctivitis — inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.
labour-saving device — a machine, gadget, etc, that reduces (human) effort, hard work or labour
lacto-ovo-vegetarian — Also called lactovarian [lak-tuh-vair-ee-uh n] /ˌlæk təˈvɛər i ən/ (Show IPA), ovolactarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products and eggs.
lavaliere microphone — a small microphone that hangs around the neck of a performer or speaker.
leave sth until last — If you leave something or someone until last, you delay using, choosing, or dealing with them until you have used, chosen, or dealt with all the others.
lifetime achievement — the notable successes that someone achieves during their life
linage advertisement — advertisements which are costed and paid for according to the number of lines in them
linguistic universal — language universal.
little kanawha river — a river in NW West Virginia, flowing N and NW to the Ohio River. 160 miles (257 km) long.
live and breathe sth — be passionately interested in sth
manuel avila camacho — Manuel Ávila [mah-nwel ah-vee-lah] /mɑˈnwɛl ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA). Manuel Avila Camacho.
material equivalence — equivalence (def 4b).
material-equivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
maternal deprivation — the lack of a mother in a child's life, considered a cause of psychological problems later in life
mechanical advantage — the ratio of output force to the input force applied to a mechanism.
microwave background — a background of microwave electromagnetic radiation with a black-body spectrum discovered in 1965, understood to be the thermal remnant of the big bang with which the universe began
modify a reservation — If you modify a reservation, you change a detail of a booking because someone who has booked a room has asked you to.
mum-and-dad investor — a small-scale non-professional investor
navigable semicircle — the less violent half of a cyclone; the half blowing in the direction opposite to that in which the cyclone is moving and in which a vessel can run before the wind.
negative campaigning — political campaigning in which a politician or party focuses on criticizing another politician or party rather than emphasizing their own positive qualities
negative electricity — the electricity present in a body or substance that has an excess of electrons, as the electricity developed on a resin when rubbed with flannel.
net realizable value — the net value of an asset if it were to be sold, taking into account the cost of making the sale and of bringing the asset into a saleable state
nikkei stock average — an index of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
non-volatile storage — (storage) (NVS, persistent storage, memory) A term describing a storage device whose contents are preserved when its power is off. Storage using magnetic media (e.g. magnetic disks, magnetic tape or bubble memory) is normally non-volatile by nature whereas semiconductor memories (static RAM and especially dynamic RAM) are normally volatile but can be made into non-volatile storage by having a (rechargable) battery permanently connected. Other examples of non-volatile storage are EEPROM, CD-ROM, paper tape and punched cards.
nondirective therapy — client-centered therapy.
north canadian river — a river in NE New Mexico, E Texas, and E Oklahoma, flowing SE to the Canadian River. 760 miles (1223 km) long.
on o's best behavior — If someone is on their best behavior, they are trying very hard to behave well.
operator overloading — overloading
oscillating universe — a variant model of the closed universe in which the universe undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction.
over-intellectualize — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
overenthusiastically — With excessive enthusiasm.
ovo-lacto vegetarian — a vegetarian who eats eggs and dairy products
ovo-lacto-vegetarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
peruvian mastic tree — a pepper tree, Schinus molle.
political convention — a meeting of a political party, esp to select party candidates
population inversion — a condition of matter in which more electrons are in a high energy state than in a lower energy state, as is required for the operation of a laser.
postal delivery zone — zone (def 10).
pound cost averaging — a method of accumulating capital by investing a fixed sum in a particular security at regular intervals, in order to achieve an average purchase price below the arithmetic average of the market prices on the purchase dates
predicate nominative — (in Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case.
preservation society — a society dedicated to the preservation of something, especially a building, environment, or animal
price-dividend ratio — the ratio of the price of a share on a stock exchange to the dividends per share paid in the previous year, used as a measure of a company's potential as an investment

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