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17-letter words containing d, u, r, o, v

  • adjective pronoun — a pronoun used as an adjective, as his in His dinner is ready.
  • adventure holiday — a holiday that involves some physically challenging activity such as canoeing, rock climbing, etc
  • adventure tourism — tourism involving activities that are physically challenging
  • adventuresomeness — The state or quality of being adventuresome.
  • aviation industry — a collective term for the companies involved in air transport
  • avogadro's number — the constant, 6.022 × 10 23 , representing the number of atoms, molecules, or ions in one mole of a substance. Symbol: N. Compare gram-atom, gram molecule.
  • avoirdupois pound — a pound weighing 16 ounces
  • bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
  • blue-headed vireo — solitary vireo.
  • coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
  • code of behaviour — the generally accepted rules governing how people behave
  • compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
  • consumer advocate — consumerist (def 1).
  • consumer-advocate — Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.
  • counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
  • dangerous driving — the act of driving a motor vehicle in a manner that falls far below that expected of a competent and careful driver and hence puts the life of the driver and the lives of other road users at risk
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • gross value added — the aggregate of values added throughout an economy, which represents that economy's gross domestic product
  • ground provisions — starchy vegetables, esp root crops and plantains
  • gustavo a. madero — official name of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  • household cavalry — (in Britain) cavalry units forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • juvenile offender — a child or young person who has been found guilty of some offence, act of vandalism, or antisocial behaviour before a juvenile court
  • nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
  • neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
  • nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
  • odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
  • old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
  • period-revolution — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
  • 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
  • pseudo-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • reproductive cell — gamete.
  • rural development — social or economic activities or initiatives designed to improve the standard of living in areas far away from large towns or cities
  • saturation diving — a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.
  • shetland pullover — a thick woollen sweater made from Shetland wool
  • sodium-vapor lamp — an electric lamp in which sodium vapor is activated by current passing between two electrodes, producing a yellow, glareless light: used on streets and highways.
  • sunday observance — the fact of keeping Sunday as a special day when people go to church
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • supervision order — an order by a juvenile court requiring a named probation officer or local-authority social worker to advise, assist, and befriend a child or young person who is the subject of care proceedings, over a period of up to three years
  • supervisory board — a board of management of which nonmanagerial workers are members, having supervisory powers over some aspects of management decision-making
  • survivor syndrome — a characteristic group of symptoms, including recurrent images of death, depression, persistent anxiety, and emotional numbness, occurring in survivors of disaster.
  • the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  • tongue-and-groove — the technique of making a joint between two boards by means of a tongue along the edge of one board that fits into a groove along the edge of the other board
  • turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
  • underground movie — a movie produced independently on a low budget and often using experimental techniques and avant-garde themes.
  • urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
  • vanilla-flavoured — having been flavoured with vanilla extract or essence
  • vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.

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