16-letter words containing c, i, v, m, n
- pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
- primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
- semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
- vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.