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18-letter words containing d, o, v

  • divine inspiration — insight provided by higher power
  • division algorithm — the theorem that an integer can be written as the sum of the product of two integers, one a given positive integer, added to a positive integer smaller than the given positive integer. Compare Euclidean algorithm.
  • division of labour — a system of organizing the manufacture of an article in a series of separate specialized operations, each of which is carried out by a different worker or group of workers
  • do not give a hoot — If you say that you don't give a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it.
  • domain name server — (spelling)   Domain Name System.
  • domenico veneziano — died 1461, Italian painter, noted for the St Lucy Altarpiece
  • double achievement — a representation of the arms of a husband beside those of his wife such that a difference of rank between them is shown.
  • dragline excavator — a power shovel that operates by being dragged by cables at the end of an arm or jib: used for quarrying, opencast mining, etc
  • driver's education — high-school driving classes
  • driving instructor — sb who teaches people to drive
  • each and every one — all
  • electrovalent bond — a type of chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains the electron to form a negative ion. The resulting ions are held together by electrostatic attraction
  • euglenoid movement — the expansion and contraction of the cell body of various flagellates
  • every now and then — from time to time; occasionally
  • executive decision — a decision made by a person or group that has executive power
  • executive director — a member of the board of directors of a company who is also an employee (usually full-time) of that company and who often has a specified area of responsibility, such as finance or production
  • executive producer — a producer of a film or television programme who is involved with business or technical issues rather than the technical aspects of film or television production
  • federal government — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • forced development — the processing of underexposed photographic film to increase the image density
  • forced perspective — the use of objects or images that are larger or smaller than they should be, to suggest that they are nearer or further away than they really are
  • forgive and forget — be reconciled
  • geodetic surveying — the surveying of the earth's surface, making allowance for its curvature and giving an accurate framework for smaller-scale surveys
  • give one's hand on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • government deficit — A government deficit is a situation in which a government spends more money than it has.
  • have (got) it made — to be assured of success
  • have got to do sth — You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the 'have' is sometimes omitted.
  • have words with sb — If one person has words with another, or if two or more people have words, they have a serious discussion or argument, especially because one has complained about the other's behaviour.
  • have/be to do with — If you say that one thing has something to do with or is something to do with another thing, you mean that the two things are connected or that the first thing is about the second thing.
  • hold a reservation — If a hotel holds a reservation, it keeps a room for someone, and does not give it to someone else.
  • homelands movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
  • 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.
  • incentive discount — a discount on goods offered to customers, usually as a reward for repeated business or for bringing in other customers
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • inductive coupling — the coupling between two electric circuits through inductances linked by a common changing magnetic field.
  • 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,
  • indus civilization — an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River valley, from about 2500 to 1500 b.c.: extensive archaeological excavations at the main sites of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in Pakistan.
  • isidore of sevilleSaint (Isidorus Hispalensis) a.d. c570–636, Spanish archbishop, historian, and encyclopedist.
  • labrador retriever — one of a breed of retrievers having a short, thick, oily, solid black or yellow coat, raised originally in Newfoundland.
  • limited government — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
  • love-lies-bleeding — an amaranth, especially Amaranthus caudatus, having spikes of crimson flowers.
  • microwave detector — a device for recording the speed of a motorist
  • 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)
  • movers and shakers — a person or thing that moves.
  • 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.
  • neurodevelopmental — Of or pertaining to the development of neurological pathways in the brain.
  • nominative-address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
  • non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
  • nondestructiveness — The quality of not being destructive.
  • nueva san salvador — Santa Tecla.
  • objective idealism — a form of idealism asserting that the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced and of the mind of the observer.
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