18-letter words containing n, e, r, v, d
- adaptive answering — (communications) A feature which allows a faxmodem to answer the telephone and decide whether the incoming call is a fax or data call. Most Class 1 faxmodems do this. The U.S. Robotics Class 1 implementation however seems not to do it, it must be set to answer as either one or the other.
- adaptive radiation — evolution of a number of divergent species from a common ancestor, each species becoming adapted to occupy a different environment. This type of evolution occurred in the Tertiary manuals and the Mesozoic reptiles
- administrative law — law relating to the control of government power
- adverse possession — the occupation or possession of land by a person not legally entitled to it. If continued unopposed for a period specifed by law, such occupation extinguishes the title of the rightful owner
- advertising agency — An advertising agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
- alternative comedy — a style of comedy originating in the UK in the 1980s that seeks to avoid racist or sexist stereotypes, and usually puts forward left-wing, anti-establishment views
- an overgrown child — an adult whose behaviour is characteristic of a child
- andorre la vieille — French name for the capital of Andorra, situated in the west of the principality. Pop: 22 035 (2003 est)
- anniversary dinner — a dinner held to celebrate an event that occurred in some previous year
- armed intervention — an official response to a situation which involves the armed forces
- augmented interval — an interval that is a half step greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval
- authorized version — the revised English translation of the Bible published in England in 1611 with the authorization of King James I
- bend over backward — to try to an unusual degree (to please, pacify, etc.)
- biodiversification — the process by which the diversity of plants or animals develops or is increased within a particular region or group of organisms.
- board of governors — a group of people who oversee the running of a school
- career development — a progression through a series of jobs, each with more responsibility and a higher income than the last
- cerenkov radiation — radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light through that medium
- christian endeavor — an organization of young people of various evangelical Protestant churches, formed in 1881 to promote Christian principles and service.
- conductivity water — water that has a conductivity of less than 0.043 × 10–6 S cm–1
- conservation grade — relating to food produced using traditional methods where possible, and following strict specifications regarding animal feeds and welfare, the use of chemical fertilizers, wildlife conservation, and land management
- counter-productive — Something that is counter-productive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- deliver oneself of — to speak with deliberation or at length
- delmarva peninsula — a peninsula of the northeast US, between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic
- dependent variable — a variable in a mathematical equation or statement whose value depends on that taken on by the independent variable
- detective sergeant — a police officer who investigates crime and who ranks above a detective constable but below a detective inspector
- developing country — a nonindustrialized poor country that is seeking to develop its resources by industrialization
- development period — a length of time during which a company grows
- devil's paintbrush — a perennial European hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) with leafless flower stalks bearing a cluster of orange-red heads: now a common weed in N U.S. and Canada
- diphtheria vaccine — a vaccine used to produce immunity against diphtheria
- distracted driving — driving a vehicle while engaging in an activity that has the potential to distract the driver from the task of driving: Bans on cell phone use in cars will help to reduce the dangers of distracted driving.
- distribution curve — the curve or line of a graph in which cumulative frequencies are plotted as ordinates and values of the variate as abscissas.
- divergent thinking — thinking in an unusual and unstereotyped way, e.g. to generate several possible solutions to a problem
- divine inspiration — insight provided by higher power
- domain name server — (spelling) Domain Name System.
- dragline excavator — a power shovel that operates by being dragged by cables at the end of an arm or jib: used for quarrying, opencast mining, etc
- driver's education — high-school driving classes
- each and every one — all
- earned run average — a measure of the effectiveness of a pitcher, obtained by dividing the number of earned runs scored against the pitcher by the number of innings pitched and multiplying the result by nine. A pitcher yielding three earned runs in nine innings has an earned run average of 3.00. Abbreviation: ERA, era.
- electrovalent bond — a type of chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains the electron to form a negative ion. The resulting ions are held together by electrostatic attraction
- every now and then — from time to time; occasionally
- federal government — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- five hundred rummy — a variety of rummy in which the winner is the first player to score 500 points.
- forced development — the processing of underexposed photographic film to increase the image density
- forgive and forget — be reconciled
- geodetic surveying — the surveying of the earth's surface, making allowance for its curvature and giving an accurate framework for smaller-scale surveys
- government deficit — A government deficit is a situation in which a government spends more money than it has.
- grand traverse bay — an inlet of Lake Michigan on the NW of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
- hit-and-run driver — sb: leaves accident scene
- hold a reservation — If a hotel holds a reservation, it keeps a room for someone, and does not give it to someone else.
- in inverted commas — If you say in inverted commas after a word or phrase, you are indicating that it is inaccurate or unacceptable in some way, or that you are quoting someone else.
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