16-letter words containing c, o, m, e, v
- over-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- over-romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcompensatory — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
- recovered memory — a memory of a past event that has been recalled after having been forgotten or repressed for a long time. Compare false-memory syndrome.
- reverse commuter — a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
- selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
- 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
- slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
- steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
- vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
- vertebral column — spinal column.
- voice of america — the division of the United States Information Agency that broadcasts daily programs of news and entertainment throughout the world. Abbreviation: VOA, V.O.A.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.