16-letter words containing h, a, v, e, n
- john von neumann — John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- merchant service — A merchant service is a provider of credit card processing services.
- mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
- new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
- nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
- north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
- over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
- overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- peruvian rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
- 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.
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
- thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- 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 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.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
- xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.