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16-letter words containing n, e, r, v, o, u

  • over the counter — If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.
  • over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
  • over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • over-the-counter — unlisted on or not part of an organized securities exchange: over-the-counter stocks; the over-the-counter market. Abbreviation: OTC.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • overnumerousness — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
  • prerevolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • quiet revolution — a period during the 1960s in Quebec, marked by secularization, educational reforms, and rising support for separation from the rest of Canada
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • relative pronoun — one of the pronouns who, whom, which, what, their compounds with -ever or -soever, or that used as the subordinating word to introduce a subordinate clause, especially such a pronoun referring to an antecedent.
  • reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
  • saturation level — carrying capacity.
  • save as you earn — (in Britain) a savings scheme which offers a tax-free bonus and allows employees to buy shares in the company they work for at a fixed price
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • to overabound in — to have or contain too large a quantity or number of something
  • torque converter — a fluid coupling in which three or more rotors are used, one of which can be checked so that output torque is augmented and output speed diminished.
  • treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unresponsiveness — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • vinylidene group — the bivalent group C 2 H 2 , derived from ethylene.
  • vocabulary entry — (in dictionaries) a word, phrase, abbreviation, symbol, affix, name, etc., listed with its definition or explanation in alphabetical order or listed for identification after the word from which it is derived or to which it is related.
  • voice production — the use of the voice in order to create particular effects
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
  • voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
  • voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • volunteer bureau — an agency that matches up people wishing to do voluntary work with appropriate voluntary organizations
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