20-letter words containing n, e, r, v

hickory horned devil — regal moth
hildegard von bingen — Hildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
in the driver's seat — If you say that someone is in the driver's seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
in-service education — training and education given to employed teachers throughout their career
incontrovertibleness — The quality of being incontrovertible.
independent variable — Mathematics. a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, as x in the relation y = 3 x 2 . Compare dependent variable (def 1).
information overload — an excess of incoming information, as might confront a pedestrian on a crowded city street, that forces one to be selective in the information received and retained.
inland revenue stamp — a certificate issued by the Inland Revenue to acknowledge payment of tax
insolvency provision — the right of employees of a firm that goes bankrupt or into receivership to receive money owed to them as wages, etc
intelligence service — the government department that is responsible for collecting and analyzing information about enemies
intervening sequence — a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
intervening variable — a hypothetical variable postulated to account for the way in which a set of independent variables control a set of dependent variables
intravenous drug use — the injection of drugs intravenously
inventory adjustment — Inventory adjustments are increases or decreases made in inventory to account for theft, loss, breakages, and errors in the amount or number of items received.
investment portfolio — the whole range of financial investments held by an individual investor or a financial organization
japanese river fever — an infectious disease occurring chiefly in Japan and the East Indies, caused by the organism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by mites through biting.
java virtual machine — (language, architecture) (JVM) A specification for software which interprets Java programs that have been compiled into byte-codes, and usually stored in a ".class" file. The JVM instruction set is stack-oriented, with variable instruction length. Unlike some other instruction sets, the JVM's supports object-oriented programming directly by including instructions for object method invocation (similar to subroutine call in other instruction sets). The JVM itself is written in C and so can be ported to run on most platforms. It needs thread support and I/O (for dynamic class loading). The Java byte-code is independent of the platform. There are also some hardware implementations of the JVM.
jordan curve theorem — the theorem that the complement of a simple closed curve can be expressed as the union of two disjoint sets, each having as boundary the given curve.
kármán vortex street — a regular stream of vortices shed from a body placed in a fluid stream: investigated by Kármán who advanced a formula for the frequency of the shed vortices in terms of the stream velocity and the dimensions of the body
keratoconjunctivitis — inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.
kluver-bucy syndrome — a syndrome caused by bilateral injury to the temporal lobes and characterized by memory defect, hypersexuality, excessive oral behavior, and diminished fear reactions.
labour-saving device — a machine, gadget, etc, that reduces (human) effort, hard work or labour
lacto-ovo-vegetarian — Also called lactovarian [lak-tuh-vair-ee-uh n] /ˌlæk təˈvɛər i ən/ (Show IPA), ovolactarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products and eggs.
lavaliere microphone — a small microphone that hangs around the neck of a performer or speaker.
linage advertisement — advertisements which are costed and paid for according to the number of lines in them
linguistic universal — language universal.
little kanawha river — a river in NW West Virginia, flowing N and NW to the Ohio River. 160 miles (257 km) long.
little ringed plover — a small grey and brown coloured plover which breeds in Europe and Asia and migrates to Africa for winter
live and breathe sth — be passionately interested in sth
live on one's nerves — If someone is living on their nerves, they are continually worried and anxious about the situation that they are in.
lutherville-timonium — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
material equivalence — equivalence (def 4b).
material-equivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
maternal deprivation — the lack of a mother in a child's life, considered a cause of psychological problems later in life
microwave background — a background of microwave electromagnetic radiation with a black-body spectrum discovered in 1965, understood to be the thermal remnant of the big bang with which the universe began
model-view-presenter — (programming) (MVP) A user interface architectural pattern where functions are separated between the model, view and presenter. The model defines the data to be displayed or otherwise acted upon in the user interface. The view displays data from the model and routes user commands (events) to the presenter to act upon that data. The presenter retrieves data from the model and displays it in the view. The implementation of MVP can vary as to how much presentation logic is handled by the presenter and the view. In a web application most presentation logic is usually in the view which runs in the web browser. MVP is one of the MV* variations of the MVC pattern.
modify a reservation — If you modify a reservation, you change a detail of a booking because someone who has booked a room has asked you to.
mum-and-dad investor — a small-scale non-professional investor
navigable semicircle — the less violent half of a cyclone; the half blowing in the direction opposite to that in which the cyclone is moving and in which a vessel can run before the wind.
negative electricity — the electricity present in a body or substance that has an excess of electrons, as the electricity developed on a resin when rubbed with flannel.
net realizable value — the net value of an asset if it were to be sold, taking into account the cost of making the sale and of bringing the asset into a saleable state
nikkei stock average — an index of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
non-volatile storage — (storage) (NVS, persistent storage, memory) A term describing a storage device whose contents are preserved when its power is off. Storage using magnetic media (e.g. magnetic disks, magnetic tape or bubble memory) is normally non-volatile by nature whereas semiconductor memories (static RAM and especially dynamic RAM) are normally volatile but can be made into non-volatile storage by having a (rechargable) battery permanently connected. Other examples of non-volatile storage are EEPROM, CD-ROM, paper tape and punched cards.
nondirective therapy — client-centered therapy.
nonintrusive testing — (testing) Testing that is transparent to the software under test, i.e., does not change its timing or processing characteristics. Nonintrusive testing usually involves additional hardware that collects timing or processing information and processes that information on another platform.
north canadian river — a river in NE New Mexico, E Texas, and E Oklahoma, flowing SE to the Canadian River. 760 miles (1223 km) long.
on everyone's tongue — prevailing as common gossip
on o's best behavior — If someone is on their best behavior, they are trying very hard to behave well.
operator overloading — overloading
oscillating universe — a variant model of the closed universe in which the universe undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction.

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