17-letter words containing c, e, r, v
- emergency service — a department within a bigger organization that deals with emergencies
- energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
- executive burnout — a total loss of energy and interest and an inability to function effectively, experienced by some executives as a result of excessive demands upon their resources or chronic overwork
- executive officer — the second-in-command of any of certain military units
- financial adviser — A financial adviser is someone whose job it is to advise people about financial products and services.
- five-spice powder — a mixture of spices used especially in Chinese cooking, usually including cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, pepper, and star anise.
- forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
- forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
- french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
- french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
- geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
- greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- heimlich maneuver — an emergency rescue procedure for application to someone choking on a foreign object, in which the rescuer places a fist between the victim's lower ribs or upper abdomen from behind and exerts sudden pressure in the form of thrusts of sufficient force to help eject the object from the windpipe.
- hemorrhagic fever — any of several arbovirus infections, as dengue, characterized by fever, chills, and malaise followed by hemorrhages of capillaries, sometimes leading to kidney failure and death.
- household cavalry — (in Britain) cavalry units forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- hyperconnectivity — Hyperconnectivity is the use of many systems and devices so that you are always connected to social networks and other sources of information.
- incendiary device — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incomprehensively — In an incomprehensive manner.
- incremental value — increased value measured on an index or scale
- indirect evidence — circumstantial evidence.
- insectivorous bat — any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects. The group includes common bats (Myotis species), vampire bats, etc
- instance variable — (programming) In object-oriented programming, one of the variables of a class template which may have a different value for each object of that class. Instance variables hold the state of an object.
- inter-convertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
- interconnectivity — The state or quality of being interconnected.
- intersubjectively — (philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects.
- intersubjectivity — The state or condition of being intersubjective.
- introspectiveness — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- inventory control — the process of monitoring and adjusting the amount of items available, esp to avoid having too many or too few for current demand
- inverse cotangent — arc cotangent.
- inversion casting — casting from an electric furnace inverted over the mold.
- invincible armada — Armada.
- irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
- kiloelectron volt — 1000 electron-volts. Abbreviation: keV, kev.
- kvatro telecom as — (company) The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
- leonardo da vinci — Leonardo [lee-uh-nahr-doh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
- locomotive driver — an engine driver
- macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
- macroinvertebrate — (zoology) An invertebrate that is large enough to be seen without the use of a microscope.
- make conversation — If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to.
- maurice chevalier — Maurice (Auguste) [maw-rees aw-guh st;; French moh-rees oh-gyst] /mɔˈris ˈɔ gəst;; French moʊˈris oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, French actor and singer.
- megaelectron volt — million electron volts.
- membrane recovery — Membrane recovery is a process which uses membranes to obtain hydrogen from refinery fuel gas, hydrocrackers, and chemical processes such as methanol production.
- microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.