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16-letter words containing d, i, v, e, u

  • accrued dividend — an accumulated unpaid dividend on preferred stock.
  • activated sludge — a mass of aerated precipitated sewage added to untreated sewage to bring about purification by hastening decomposition by microorganisms
  • adaptive routing — dynamic routing
  • adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
  • adventitiousness — The degree to which a thing is adventitious.
  • adventure racing — a contest in which teams compete in an expedition-length race which involves two or more sporting disciplines, often running, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, and elements of navigation and orienteering
  • 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.
  • ambulance driver — a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
  • andreas vesalius — Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.
  • auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
  • bastard culverin — a 16th-century cannon, smaller than a culverin, firing a shot of between 5 and 8 pounds (11 and 17.6 kg).
  • behind the curve — behind the times; behind schedule
  • captive audience — a group of people who are unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements, etc
  • cardinal virtues — the most important moral qualities, traditionally justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude
  • 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)
  • chevaux-de-frise — plural of cheval-de-frise.
  • cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
  • counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
  • currier and ives — any of a 19th-cent. series of prints showing the manners, people, and events of the times
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
  • defective number — a positive number that is greater than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 10, which is greater than the sum of 1, 2, and 5.
  • digestive juices — fluids secreted in the stomach or intestines that assist in the digestion of food
  • distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
  • diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
  • 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.
  • drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
  • dumont d'urville — Jules Sébastien César [zhyl sey-bas-tyan sey-zar] /ʒül seɪ basˈtyɛ̃ seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), 1790–1842, French naval officer: explored South Pacific and Antarctic.
  • four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • measuring device — gauge
  • medieval studies — a course of study based on the history of the Middle Ages
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • pyruvic aldehyde — a yellow, liquid compound, C 3 H 4 O 2 , containing both an aldehyde and a ketone group, usually obtained in a polymeric form: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • queen's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • self-destructive — harmful, injurious, or destructive to oneself: His constant arguing with the boss shows he's a self-destructive person.
  • service industry — business providing a service
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
  • to overabound in — to have or contain too large a quantity or number of something
  • 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
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.

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