16-letter words containing h, o, v, e, r
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- 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.
- off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
- on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
- over the counter — If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.
- over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
- over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- over-the-counter — unlisted on or not part of an organized securities exchange: over-the-counter stocks; the over-the-counter market. Abbreviation: OTC.
- overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- overhead railway — elevated railroad.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- recovery vehicle — a truck used to transport motor vehicles which have broken down to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- 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.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
- white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
- xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.