17-letter words containing i, n, d, v
- drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- fan-assisted oven — an electric oven in which a fan circulates the air and which uses both top and bottom heat
- financial adviser — A financial adviser is someone whose job it is to advise people about financial products and services.
- forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
- forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
- front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
- full-motion video — (video) (FMV) Any kind of video that is theoretically capable of changing the entire content on the screen fast enough that the transitions are not obvious to the human eye, i.e. about 24 times a second or more. In practise most video encoding relies on the fact that in most video there is relatively little change from one frame to the next. This allows for compression of the video data. The term is used, chiefly in computer games, in contrast to techniques such as the use of sprites that move against a more-or-less fixed background.
- giovanni demedici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- gnu privacy guard —
- ground provisions — starchy vegetables, esp root crops and plantains
- homovanillic acid — the end product of dopamine metabolism, C 9 H 10 O 4 , found in human urine.
- i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
- immediate version — child version
- incendiary device — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- indirect evidence — circumstantial evidence.
- indistinctiveness — The quality of being indistinctive.
- individual medley — a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay (def 2).
- individualisation — Alternative spelling of individualization.
- individualization — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- infantry division — a military division composed of infantry
- interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
- internet provider — Internet Service Provider
- into/in overdrive — If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
- inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
- invincible armada — Armada.
- invisible mending — any form of repair, esp to clothing, in which the aim is to make the finished repair work undetectable
- inward investment — Inward investment is the investment of money in a country by companies from outside that country.
- job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
- juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- juvenile offender — a child or young person who has been found guilty of some offence, act of vandalism, or antisocial behaviour before a juvenile court
- laccadive islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: part of Lakshadweep territory
- leonardo da vinci — Leonardo [lee-uh-nahr-doh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- live and let live — be tolerant of others
- living conditions — material circumstances in which sb lives
- livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
- longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
- method invocation — (programming) In object-oriented programming, the way the program looks up the right code to run when a method with a given name is called ("invoked") on an object. The method is first looked for in the object's class, then that class's superclass and so on up the class hierarchy until a method with the given name is found (the name is "resolved"). Generally, method lookup cannot be performed at compile time because the object's class is not known until run time. This is the case for an object method whereas a class method is just an ordinary function (that is bundled with a given class) and can be resolved at compile time (or load time in the case of a dynamically loaded library).
- mid-level network — (Or "regional network"). The kind of networks which make up the second level of the Internet hierarchy. They are the transit networks which connect the stub networks to the backbone networks.
- mies van der rohe — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. architect, born in Germany.
- negative feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
- neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
- non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
- odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
- on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy
- orthovanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts. Formula: H3VO4
- overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.