16-letter words containing c, o, u, v
- advice columnist — An advice columnist is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
- amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
- angular velocity — the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the body
- article of virtu — an object that it interesting because of its rarity, beauty or appeal to a connoisseur
- atrioventricular — of, relating to, or affecting both the atria and the ventricles of the heart
- auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
- basic vocabulary — the set of lexical items in a language that are most resistant to replacement, referring to the most common and universal elements of human experience, such as parts of the body (foot, eye), universal features of the environment (water, star), common activities (eat, sleep), and the lowest numerals.
- basque provinces — an autonomous region of N Spain, comprising the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya: inhabited mainly by Basques, who retained virtual autonomy from the 9th to the 19th century. Pop: 1 840 700 (2003 est). Area: about 7250 sq km (2800 sq miles)
- biological value — the nutritional effectiveness of the protein in a given food, expressed as the percentage used by the body of either the total protein consumed or the digestible protein available.
- cedar revolution — the popular protests in 2005 that brought down the Lebanese cabinet and prompted Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon
- ceske budejovice — a city in the S Czech Republic, on the Vltava (Moldau) River. Pop: 94 747 (2007 est)
- chorionic villus — one of the branching outgrowths of the chorion that, together with maternal tissue, form the placenta.
- circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
- clearance volume — The clearance volume is the volume remaining above the piston of an engine when it reaches top dead center.
- cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
- collective fruit — multiple fruit
- companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
- constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
- contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
- counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
- counterintuitive — (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense
- countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
- counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
- couvade syndrome — a psychosomatic condition in which the spouse or partner of a pregnant woman experiences symptoms of childbirth or pregnancy
- customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
- davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
- deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
- diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
- divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
- dominus vobiscum — the Lord be with you.
- driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
- evacuation route — An evacuation route is a way to get out of a building if there is an emergency, such as a fire.
- executive lounge — a room in an airport in which people who are travelling first class can wait for their flight in comfort
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- four-leaf clover — a clover leaf having four leaflets instead of the usual three, purported to bring good luck.
- grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
- hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- huevos rancheros — a Latin American dish of eggs, usually fried or poached, topped with a spicy tomato sauce and sometimes served on a fried corn tortilla with the addition of vegetables and cheese.
- inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
- inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
- junior executive — a trainee position in a business or organization
- juvenile officer — a police officer concerned with juvenile delinquents.
- luncheon voucher — a voucher worth a specified amount issued to employees and redeemable at a restaurant for food
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- molecular volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a substance
- nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
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