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16-letter words containing e, v, r, g, n

  • javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
  • lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
  • lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
  • local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
  • lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
  • magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
  • magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
  • mangrove snapper — gray snapper.
  • measuring device — gauge
  • moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
  • negative-raising — a rule that moves a negative element out of the complement clause of certain verbs, such as think, into the main clause, as in the derivation of He doesn't think that he'll finish
  • north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
  • over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • over-imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • parents' evening — an occasion when the parents of children at a school and their teachers come together (outside normal school hours, in the evening) in order to discuss the progress or work of the children
  • philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
  • preserved ginger — fresh ginger preserved in syrup and used in cooking, esp desserts
  • prevenient grace — divine grace operating on the human will prior to its turning to God.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
  • progressive lens — a multifocal eyeglass lens that provides a continuous range of focal power between near and far distances.
  • provost sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit.
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
  • reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
  • relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
  • reverse engineer — to study or analyze (a device, as a microchip for computers) in order to learn details of design, construction, and operation, perhaps to produce a copy or an improved version.
  • reverse-engineer — to study or analyze (a device, as a microchip for computers) in order to learn details of design, construction, and operation, perhaps to produce a copy or an improved version.
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • right-hand drive — A right-hand drive vehicle has its steering wheel on the right side. It is designed to be driven in countries such as Britain, Japan, and Australia where people drive on the left side of the road.
  • scavenger beetle — any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • security vetting — the process of investigating somebody to establish their trustworthiness
  • self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  • service engineer — someone who maintains and repairs equipment
  • shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
  • slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • tarragon vinegar — a white vinegar flavoured with the herb tarragon, used in cooking, esp in salad dressings
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
  • time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
  • tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
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