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16-letter words containing n, u, v

  • oculomotor nerve — either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.
  • 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.
  • passive immunity — immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum.
  • peruvian rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
  • peter stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
  • prerevolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
  • quantitativeness — The state or quality of being quantitative.
  • quasi-equivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
  • queen's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
  • 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 minimum — minimum (def 5a).
  • 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.
  • republican river — a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 miles (680 km) long.
  • 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.
  • reserve currency — any currency, as the U.S. dollar, used as a medium to settle international debts.
  • san buenaventura — a city in SW California.
  • 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
  • security vetting — the process of investigating somebody to establish their trustworthiness
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
  • semiquantitative — partially quantitative.
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • service industry — business providing a service
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
  • slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
  • spiritus vinosus — (in prescriptions) spirits of wine; alcohol.
  • state university — a university maintained by the government of a state.
  • substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
  • supersensitivity — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
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