16-letter words containing c, l, e, v, r, s
- air vice-marshal — a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a rear admiral in the Royal Navy
- alpha conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
- alveolar process — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
- archival storage — a method of retaining information outside of the internal memory of a computer
- auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
- balsamic vinegar — Balsamic vinegar is a type of vinegar which tastes sweet and is made from grape juice.
- bastard culverin — a 16th-century cannon, smaller than a culverin, firing a shot of between 5 and 8 pounds (11 and 17.6 kg).
- blow one's cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- cannonball serve — (in tennis) a very fast low serve
- capital reserves — the money which a company holds in reserve
- cardinal virtues — the most important moral qualities, traditionally justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude
- careless driving — the offence of driving without due care
- cash on delivery — If you pay for goods cash on delivery, you pay for them in cash when they are delivered. The abbreviation C.O.D. is also used.
- chancellorsville — hamlet in NE Va. (now called Chancellor): site of a Civil War battle (May, 1863) won by Confederate forces
- church invisible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth and in heaven.
- chuvash republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga valley: generally low-lying with undulating plains and large areas of forest. Capital: Cheboksary. Pop: 1 313 900 (2002). Area: 18 300 sq km (7064 sq miles)
- cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
- cluster variable — RR Lyrae star.
- color television — tv set showing images in colour
- conservation law — any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.
- controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
- controversialist — a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so
- controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
- controversialize — (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
- conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
- convertible lens — a lens containing two or more elements that can be used individually or in combination to provide a variety of focal lengths.
- deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
- delta conversion — delta reduction
- driver's license — a permit, as one issued by a state's motor vehicle bureau, that allows the holder to drive a motor vehicle on public roads.
- elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- germinal vesicle — the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
- historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
- 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.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- military service — compulsory period spent in the army
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
- protective slope — a slope given to a yard or the like to drain surface water away from a building.
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