17-letter words containing c, l, o, v, e, r
- once over lightly — a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
- once-over-lightly — a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
- overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
- palace revolution — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
- particle velocity — the velocity of a point in a medium that is undergoing wave motion.
- positive electron — positron.
- probability curve — a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.
- production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
- provincial police — (in Canada) the police force of a province, esp Ontario or Quebec
- recorded delivery — If you send a letter or parcel recorded delivery, you send it using a Post Office service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been posted and delivered.
- recoverable error — a program error that can be corrected and does not cause the program to fail or irretrievably lose data.
- reproductive cell — gamete.
- revascularization — the restoration of the blood circulation of an organ or area, achieved by unblocking obstructed or disrupted blood vessels or by surgically implanting replacements.
- row-level locking — (database) A technique used in database management systems, where a row is locked for writing to prevent other users from accessing data being while it is being updated. Other techniques are table locking and MVCC.
- self-conservation — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- silver collection — a collection that consists of silver coins that is made at a meeting etc
- soil conservation — any of various methods to achieve the maximum utilization of the land and preserve its resources through such controls as crop rotation, prevention of soil erosion, etc.
- subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
- subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
- telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
- television screen — the flat vertical surface in a television set on which pictures are shown
- terminal velocity — Physics. the velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity. the maximum velocity of a body falling through a viscous fluid.
- ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
- valence electrons — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
- vernacularization — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
- vertical mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- victor emmanuel i — 1759–1824, king of Sardinia 1802–21.
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- wave-cut platform — a flat surface at the base of a cliff formed by erosion by waves