17-letter words containing i, n, t, r, o, v
- electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
- electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- executive burnout — a total loss of energy and interest and an inability to function effectively, experienced by some executives as a result of excessive demands upon their resources or chronic overwork
- 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.
- formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
- fouquier-tinville — Antoine Quentin [ahn-twan kahn-tan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.
- french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
- front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- give free rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
- have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
- have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
- heteronormativity — The view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes.
- home improvements — improvements to one's home, such as new kitchens and bathrooms, central heating etc
- hyperconnectivity — Hyperconnectivity is the use of many systems and devices so that you are always connected to social networks and other sources of information.
- immediate version — child version
- improvement grant — a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance the amelioration of a building, area of land, etc
- improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
- inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
- infantry division — a military division composed of infantry
- insectivorous bat — any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects. The group includes common bats (Myotis species), vampire bats, etc
- inter-convertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
- interconnectivity — The state or quality of being interconnected.
- intergovernmental — involving two or more governments or levels of government.
- 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.
- intragovernmental — Within a government.
- introspectiveness — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- inventory control — the process of monitoring and adjusting the amount of items available, esp to avoid having too many or too few for current demand
- inverse cotangent — arc cotangent.
- inversion casting — casting from an electric furnace inverted over the mold.
- inversion therapy — a method used to stretch and align the body, especially the lower back, by suspending the entire body upside down from an apparatus that grips or supports the feet or knees.
- inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
- invisible exports — services sold to a foreign country or countries
- invisible imports — imports of services rather than goods
- it's now or never — If you say 'It's now or never', you mean that something must be done immediately, because if it is not done immediately there will not be another chance to do it.
- job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
- kiloelectron volt — 1000 electron-volts. Abbreviation: keV, kev.
- macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
- macroinvertebrate — (zoology) An invertebrate that is large enough to be seen without the use of a microscope.
- make conversation — If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to.
- microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
- microinvertebrate — An invertebrate of microscopic size.
- 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.
- military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty