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16-letter words containing e, v, o, t

  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • relative pronoun — one of the pronouns who, whom, which, what, their compounds with -ever or -soever, or that used as the subordinating word to introduce a subordinate clause, especially such a pronoun referring to an antecedent.
  • reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
  • reverse commuter — a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
  • reverse mortgage — a type of home mortgage under which an elderly homeowner is allowed a long-term loan in the form of monthly payments against his or her paid-off equity as collateral, repayable when the home is eventually sold. Abbreviation: RAM.
  • reverse takeover — the purchase of a larger company by a smaller company, esp of a public company by a private company
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • 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.
  • saturation level — carrying capacity.
  • savage's station — a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle in 1862.
  • second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
  • selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
  • send to coventry — to ostracize or ignore
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • service contract — law: between employer and employee
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
  • severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
  • shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
  • stevedore's knot — a knot that forms a lump in a line to prevent it from passing through a hole or grommet.
  • stevenson screen — a shelter for meteorological instruments, consisting of a raised white louvred box
  • take one's leave — to go away; depart
  • tarragon vinegar — a white vinegar flavoured with the herb tarragon, used in cooking, esp in salad dressings
  • terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the devil to pay — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
  • the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • the vienna union — an international conference of socialists who came together in Vienna in 1921 in an attempt to reconstruct a united International by offering an alternative to the right-wing remnant of the Second International and to the Comintern: merged into the Labour and Socialist International in 1923
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
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