16-letter words containing o, h, i, r, v
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- phytosuccivorous — feeding on sap, as certain sucking insects.
- recovery vehicle — a truck used to transport motor vehicles which have broken down to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface
- savonarola chair — a chair of the Renaissance having a number of transverse pairs of curved legs, crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- 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.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
- xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.