19-letter words containing i, n, o, v
- mild silver protein — a compound of silver and a protein, applied to mucous membranes as a mild antiseptic.
- military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
- minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
- mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- most favored nation — a nation to which privileges of trade are extended under a government policy of giving the same privileges to all nations that are given to any one of them, sometimes depending on whether certain conditions, as of reciprocity, are met
- most-favored-nation — of or relating to the status, treatment, terms, etc., that are embodied in or conferred by a most-favored-nation clause.
- motivation research — the application of the knowledge and techniques of the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, to understanding consumer attitudes and behavior: used as a guide in advertising and marketing.
- moving spirit/force — The moving spirit or moving force behind something is the person or thing that caused it to start and to keep going, or that influenced people to take part in it.
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
- national convention — French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
- national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
- negative income tax — a system of income subsidy through which persons having less than a certain annual income receive money from the government rather than pay taxes to it.
- new york university — (NYU) Established in 1831, New York University today includes thirteen schools, colleges and divisions located in New York City's borough of Manhattan, as well as research centers and programs in the surrounding suburbs and abroad.
- niccolo machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
- nominative absolute — a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.
- non-interventionism — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
- non-volatile memory — non-volatile storage
- nonforfeiture value — any benefit, as cash or other form of insurance, available to a life-insurance policyholder who discontinues premium payments on the policy.
- not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
- oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
- observation balloon — a balloon that is used for gathering information and reconnaissance purposes and spotting aircraft
- old church slavonic — the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbreviation: OCS.
- outstation movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
- over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- over-interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
- over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- overhead projection — the projection (using an overhead projector) of an enlarged image of a transparency onto a surface above and behind the person using it
- perpetual inventory — a form of stock control in which running records are kept of all acquisitions and disposals
- pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- police intervention — the physical involvement of police officers in an incident, esp where officers use force to control public disorder, such as a riot
- popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
- postal savings bank — any of the savings banks formerly operated by local post offices and limited to small accounts.
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
- private prosecution — a prosecution started by a private individual rather than by the police
- privatization issue — an issue of shares available for purchase by members of the public when a publicly owned organization is transferred to the private sector
- professional advice — advice given by someone trained in a particular and relevant profession or job
- pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- pseudo-intransitive — denoting an occurrence of a normally transitive verb in which a direct object is not explicitly stated or forms the subject of the sentence, as in Margaret is cooking or these apples cook well
- psychological novel — a novel that focuses on the complex mental and emotional lives of its characters and explores the various levels of mental activity.
- reactive depression — depression occurring in response to some situational stress, as loss of one's job.
- reciprocal leveling — leveling between two widely separated points in which observations are made in both directions to eliminate the effects of atmospheric refraction and the curvature of the earth.
- relative complement — the set of elements contained in a given set that are not elements of another specified set.
- republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
- reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
- resistance movement — a movement fighting (for freedom, etc), often secretly or illegally, against an invader in an occupied country or against the country's government, etc
- reversible reaction — a reaction that, depending on ambient conditions, can proceed in either of two directions: the production of the reaction products from the reactants, or the production of the original reactants from the formed reaction products. Compare equilibrium (def 4).