19-letter words containing c, o, u, v, e, r
- republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
- reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
- restorative justice — a theory and method in criminal justice in which it is arranged that the victim and the community receive restitution from the offender.
- saturation coverage — news coverage (of an event, etc) that is very thorough in order not to miss any details
- sensitometric curve — characteristic curve.
- simple closed curve — a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.
- subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
- theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
- torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
- vacuum coffee maker — a coffee pot with upper and lower glass units, the upper for ground coffee and the lower for water that, when boiled, rises through the filter-stoppered bottom of the upper unit and remains there until drawn back down to the lower unit as brewed coffee by a reduction in pressure caused by the removal of heat.
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
- victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998