16-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r
- kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- 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.
- levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
- 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.
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- macroenvironment — (biology) The large-scale and long-term environment and conditions that affect an organism.
- magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- make a virtue of — If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- 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.
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
- moravska ostrava — former name of Ostrava.
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
- 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 post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
- orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
- over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
- over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
- over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
- over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
- over-imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.