16-letter words containing g, i, v, e
- give a hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- give sb the slip — If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you.
- give someone one — to have sex with someone
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- gnu archive site — (body) The main GNU FTP archive is on gnu.org but copies ("mirrors") of some or all of the files there are also held on many other computers around the world. To avoid overloading gnu.org and the Internet you should FTP files from the machine closest to yours. Look for a directory like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
- go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
- government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- granville-barker — Harley, 1877–1946, English dramatist, actor, and critic.
- gravity decanter — A gravity decanter is a vessel or stage in which two liquids of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
- have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
- have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
- high-level waste — radioactive waste material, such as spent nuclear fuel initially having a high activity and thus needing constant cooling for several decades by its producers before it can be reprocessed or treated
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- in living memory — If you say that something is, for example, the best, worst, or first thing of its kind in living memory, you are emphasizing that it is the only thing of that kind that people can remember.
- indexing service — a service that indexes the contents of a number of publications for use in printed or machine-readable form.
- inverse graffiti — a form of street art in which a dirty wall or pavement has a template placed against it and is scrubbed until the surface is clean. This reveals an image or message which gradually fades with time.
- investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
- ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- legislative veto — a veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action, decision, etc., of the executive branch.
- listening device — a device used to overhear, record, or monitor speech
- live like a king — If you say that someone lives like a king, you mean that they are able to live in a very comfortable or luxurious way.
- live on the edge — take risks
- 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.
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- 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
- nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- 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
- past progressive — a verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the past tense followed by a present participle and used especially to indicate that an action or event was incomplete or in progress at a point of reference in the past, as was sleeping in I was sleeping when the phone rang.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- positive vetting — the checking of a person's background, political affiliation, etc, to assess his suitability for a position that may involve national security