17-letter words containing d, e, c, i, v, n
- accommodativeness — The state or quality of being accommodative.
- activated alumina — a granular highly porous and adsorptive form of aluminium oxide, used for drying gases and as an oil-filtering material and catalyst
- activation record — (compiler) (Or "data frame", "stack frame") A data structure containing the variables belonging to one particular scope (e.g. a procedure body), as well as links to other activation records. Activation records are usually created (on the stack) on entry to a block and destroyed on exit. If a procedure or function may be returned as a result, stored in a variable and used in an outer scope then its activation record must be stored in a heap so that its variables still exist when it is used. Variables in the current scope are accessed via the frame pointer which points to the current activation record. Variables in an outer scope are accessed by following chains of links between activation records. There are two kinds of link - the static link and the dynamic link.
- active ingredient — the part of a substance or compound that produces its chemical or biological effect
- adjective pronoun — a pronoun used as an adjective, as his in His dinner is ready.
- advance directive — a living will or durable power of attorney in which a person states his or her wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of mental incompetency or an inability to communicate.
- advanced standing — the status of a student who has already completed some of the requirements of a course at another institution and thus is able to miss out some elements of the full course at his or her current university
- adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
- alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
- automatic vending — selling goods by vending machines
- aviation medicine — the branch of medicine concerned with the effects on man of flight in the earth's atmosphere
- breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
- brezhnev doctrine — the doctrine expounded by Leonid Brezhnev in November 1968 affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.
- cantilever bridge — a bridge having spans that are constructed as cantilevers and often a suspended span or spans, each end of which rests on one end of a cantilever span
- chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
- child development — the biological and psychological developments in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence
- cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
- compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
- compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
- contradistinctive — distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
- convenience goods — goods which make people's lives easier
- counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- data service unit — (communications) (DSU or "data service unit") A device used in digital transmission for connecting a CSU (Channel Service Unit) to Data Terminal Equipment (a terminal or computer), in the same way that a modem is used for connection to an analogue medium. A DSU provides a standard interface to a user's terminal which is compatible with modems and handles such functions as signal translation, regeneration, reformatting, and timing. The transmitting portion of the DSU processeses the customers' signal into bipolar pulses suitable for transmission over the digital facility. The receiving portion of the DSU is used both to extract timing information and to regenerate mark and space information from the received bipolar signal.
- deceptive cadence — a cadence consisting of a dominant harmony followed by a resolution to a harmony other than the tonic.
- denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
- denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
- dietrich von bern — Theodoric of Verona: the name of the eastern Gothic emperor Theodoric as it appears in German legends.
- disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
- domestic violence — physical abuse in the home
- financial adviser — A financial adviser is someone whose job it is to advise people about financial products and services.
- forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
- forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
- giovanni demedici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- incendiary device — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- indirect evidence — circumstantial evidence.
- indistinctiveness — The quality of being indistinctive.
- interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
- invincible armada — Armada.
- laccadive islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: part of Lakshadweep territory
- leonardo da vinci — Leonardo [lee-uh-nahr-doh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- method invocation — (programming) In object-oriented programming, the way the program looks up the right code to run when a method with a given name is called ("invoked") on an object. The method is first looked for in the object's class, then that class's superclass and so on up the class hierarchy until a method with the given name is found (the name is "resolved"). Generally, method lookup cannot be performed at compile time because the object's class is not known until run time. This is the case for an object method whereas a class method is just an ordinary function (that is bundled with a given class) and can be resolved at compile time (or load time in the case of a dynamically loaded library).
- negative feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
- nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
- passive obedience — unquestioning obedience to authority
- private education — education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
- received standard — the form of educated English spoken originally in southern England and having Received Pronunciation as a chief distinguishing feature.
- remittance advice — a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to let them know that their invoice has been paid
- second derivative — the derivative of the derivative of a function: Acceleration is the second derivative of distance with respect to time.
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