17-letter words containing i, n, v, o, l, e
- revealed religion — religion based chiefly on the revelations of God to humans, especially as described in Scripture.
- revolutionary war — American Revolution.
- row-level locking — (database) A technique used in database management systems, where a row is locked for writing to prevent other users from accessing data being while it is being updated. Other techniques are table locking and MVCC.
- self-conservation — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
- self-preservation — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
- silent revolution — a social or political revolution that takes place with little warning and without great fuss or unrest
- silver collection — a collection that consists of silver coins that is made at a meeting etc
- sleep deprivation — a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
- softvelocity inc. — (company) The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
- soil conservation — any of various methods to achieve the maximum utilization of the land and preserve its resources through such controls as crop rotation, prevention of soil erosion, etc.
- stellar evolution — the sequence of changes that occurs in a star as it ages
- subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
- synovial membrane — anatomy: connective tissue
- telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
- television lounge — a room in a hotel, guest house, etc where guests may watch television
- television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
- television screen — the flat vertical surface in a television set on which pictures are shown
- terminal velocity — Physics. the velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity. the maximum velocity of a body falling through a viscous fluid.
- to be eaten alive — If you say that someone will be eaten alive, you mean that they will be completely destroyed or defeated by someone who is much stronger.
- travelling people — Gypsies or other itinerant people: a term used esp by such people of themselves
- ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
- unconventionalist — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- unconventionality — disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
- vanilla-flavoured — having been flavoured with vanilla extract or essence
- vehicle emissions — substances emitted from a vehicle as a result of internal combustion
- velocity of money — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.
- velvet revolution — the peaceful overthrow of Czechoslovakia's communist government in late 1989
- ventilation shaft — a shaft in a mine, tunnel, or building used for providing ventilation or fresh air
- vernacularization — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
- victor emmanuel i — 1759–1824, king of Sardinia 1802–21.
- vila nova de gaia — a city in NW Portugal.
- village community — an early form of community organization in which land belonged to the village, the arable land being allotted to the members or households of the community by more or less permanent arrangements and the waste or excess land remaining undivided.
- visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
- vitamin b complex — an important group of water-soluble vitamins containing vitamin B 1 , vitamin B 2 , etc.
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- weeping lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)