16-letter words containing d, a, v, e, n
- redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- refractive index — index of refraction.
- relative density — specific gravity.
- released version — release
- reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
- right-hand drive — A right-hand drive vehicle has its steering wheel on the right side. It is designed to be driven in countries such as Britain, Japan, and Australia where people drive on the left side of the road.
- rodent operative — a name sometimes used for an official (operative) employed by a local authority to destroy vermin
- roosevelt island — Formerly Welfare Island, Blackwells Island. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long.
- second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
- self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
- self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- self-deliverance — suicide.
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
- sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- state's evidence — evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
- swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
- thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- to overabound in — to have or contain too large a quantity or number of something
- to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
- to rant and rave — If you say that someone rants and raves, you mean that they talk loudly and angrily in an uncontrolled way.
- torvill and dean — two British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill, born 1957, and Christopher Dean, born 1958. They won the world championships in 1981–84, the European championships in 1981–82, 1984, and 1994, and the gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games
- treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
- 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)
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- vegetable garden — allotment
- venereal disease — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
- venus and adonis — a narrative poem (1593) by Shakespeare.
- vesuvianite jade — a green variety of vesuvianite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
- visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- volatility index — beta (def 6).
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- wind river range — a mountain range in W Wyoming, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Gannett Peak, 13,785 feet (4202 meters).