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16-letter words containing c, o, v, e, s

  • over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
  • 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.
  • overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
  • pre-conversation — informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.
  • protective slope — a slope given to a yard or the like to drain surface water away from a building.
  • reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
  • reversal process — a process for converting the negative on a film or plate to a positive by bleaching and redeveloping.
  • reverse commuter — a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
  • save one's bacon — the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
  • selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • send to coventry — to ostracize or ignore
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • service contract — law: between employer and employee
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
  • service provider — company: provides internet
  • 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).
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • 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.
  • stevenson screen — a shelter for meteorological instruments, consisting of a raised white louvred box
  • surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
  • to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
  • transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
  • vest-pocket park — pocket park.
  • vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
  • vienna secession — thea Viennese movement of the late 19th and early 20th cent. in the arts and architecture, that rejected prevailing academic styles in favor of these of art nouveau
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