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18-letter words containing c, o, v, e, n, a

  • in inverted commas — If you say in inverted commas after a word or phrase, you are indicating that it is inaccurate or unacceptable in some way, or that you are quoting someone else.
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • inductive relation — A relation R between domains D and E is inductive if for all chains d1 .. dn in D and e1 .. en in E,
  • inferior vena cava — See under vena cava.
  • investment account — a bank account in which money is saved long-term to accrue interest
  • investment company — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
  • involuntary muscle — muscle: contracts involuntarily
  • jacksonville beach — a city in NE Florida.
  • macroinvertebrates — Plural form of macroinvertebrate.
  • magnetic variation — variation (def 8).
  • maritime provinces — region in Canada
  • merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
  • microenvironmental — Pertaining to a microenvironment.
  • microinvertebrates — Plural form of microinvertebrate.
  • mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
  • moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
  • natural convection — Natural convection is the loss of heat from a hot solid or liquid into air which is not artificially agitated.
  • negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
  • neovascularization — the development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease.
  • netscape navigator — (networking, tool, product)   /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. The first beta-test version was released free to the Internet on 13 October 1994. Netscape evolved from NCSA Mosaic (with which it shares at least one author) and runs on the X Window System under various versions of Unix, on Microsoft Windows and on the Apple Macintosh. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image loading; native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it. Version: 1.0N. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • non-conversational — able or ready to converse; given to conversation.
  • non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
  • not to have a clue — to be completely baffled
  • oral contraceptive — birth-control pill.
  • over-pronunciation — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
  • overcapitalization — The state of being overcapitalized.
  • overidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • overspecialization — excessive specialization, as in a field of study.
  • physical inventory — To carry out a physical inventory is to count all the stock on hand.
  • pneumatic conveyor — a tube through which powdered or granular material, such as cement, grain, etc is transported by a flow of air
  • provision merchant — a person or company in the business of retailing food and other provisions
  • psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
  • radioactive dating — any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product.
  • raffinate recovery — Raffinate recovery is the use of a substance which is left after a process is complete and the desired substances have been removed.
  • reactive component — the component in an alternating-current circuit that does not contribute power because it is 90° out of phase with the voltage or current.
  • recovery operation — the process of locating and retrieving bodies, esp following an explosion or natural disaster
  • school-leaving age — the minimum age that children are legally allowed to leave school - in Britain and the United States, this is 16
  • second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
  • secondary deviance — deviant behavior that results from being publicly labeled as deviant and treated as an outsider.
  • secondary recovery — extraction of oil or natural gas under artificially induced pressure after the natural flow has ceased.
  • selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
  • slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
  • social environment — the environment developed by humans as contrasted with the natural environment; society as a whole, especially in its relation to the individual.
  • solvent extraction — Solvent extraction is the separation of a particular substance from a mixture by dissolving that substance in a solvent that will dissolve it, but which will not dissolve any other substance in the mixture.
  • store launch event — A store launch event is a special event, which publicizes the opening of a new store and at which discounts and free samples may be offered.
  • superior vena cava — See under vena cava.
  • teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
  • television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
  • television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
  • tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
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