17-letter words containing n, o, v
- transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
- travancore-cochin — a former Indian state that was a merger of Travancore and Cochin, two former princely states of India, and which became part of Kerala state in 1956
- travelling people — Gypsies or other itinerant people: a term used esp by such people of themselves
- turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
- twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
- twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
- twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
- 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.
- uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underground movie — a movie produced independently on a low budget and often using experimental techniques and avant-garde themes.
- upper yukon river — Lewes River.
- urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
- vacant possession — ownership of an unoccupied house or property, any previous owner or tenant having departed
- vacuum aspiration — menstrual extraction.
- vacuum extraction — applying suction to a baby's head during birth to help it emerge
- vale of glamorgan — a county borough of S Wales, created in 1996 from parts of South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Barry. Pop: 121 200 (2003 est). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- valence electrons — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
- vanilla-flavoured — having been flavoured with vanilla extract or essence
- vasovagal syncope — a faint brought on by excessive activity of the vagus nerve, causing the heart to slow and the blood pressure to fall. It can be caused by fear, choking, or stomach cramps and has no lasting effects
- 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
- verkhoyansk range — a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, in E Siberia, Russia. About 600 miles (970 km) long.
- vernacularization — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
- vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
- victor emmanuel i — 1759–1824, king of Sardinia 1802–21.
- victoriano huerta — Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- videoconferencing — the holding of videoconferences.
- 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
- visitation rights — the legal right granted to a divorced or separated parent to visit a child in the custody of the other parent.
- vitamin b complex — an important group of water-soluble vitamins containing vitamin B 1 , vitamin B 2 , etc.
- vocational school — a school offering instruction in one or more skilled or semiskilled trades or occupations.
- voice recognition — the control of a computer system by a voice or voices that the computer has been instructed to accept
- voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- warsaw convention — a multilateral treaty on aviation set up chiefly to limit air carriers' liability to passengers and shippers on international flights in the event of an accident.
- weeping lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- white-winged dove — a common dove, Zenaida asiatica, of the southwestern U.S. to Chile.
- wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
- worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
- yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)
- zone of avoidance — the area of the sky in the plane of the Milky Way where interstellar dust obscures visible light so that no distant galaxies can be observed.