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17-letter words containing o, n, v, i

  • executive council — (in Australia and New Zealand) a body consisting of ministers of the Crown presided over by the Governor or Governor-General that formally approves Cabinet decisions, etc
  • executive mansion — the White House (in Washington, D.C.), official home of the President of the U.S.
  • executive session — a session of the Senate for the discussion of executive business, such as the ratification of treaties: formerly held in secret
  • explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
  • fan-assisted oven — an electric oven in which a fan circulates the air and which uses both top and bottom heat
  • forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
  • forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
  • formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
  • fouquier-tinville — Antoine Quentin [ahn-twan kahn-tan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.
  • french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
  • french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
  • front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
  • full-motion video — (video)   (FMV) Any kind of video that is theoretically capable of changing the entire content on the screen fast enough that the transitions are not obvious to the human eye, i.e. about 24 times a second or more. In practise most video encoding relies on the fact that in most video there is relatively little change from one frame to the next. This allows for compression of the video data. The term is used, chiefly in computer games, in contrast to techniques such as the use of sprites that move against a more-or-less fixed background.
  • geneva convention — one of a series of international agreements, first made in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864, establishing rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, the wounded, and the dead in battle.
  • gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
  • giovanni demedici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
  • give free rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
  • give satisfaction — to satisfy
  • give someone hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
  • ground provisions — starchy vegetables, esp root crops and plantains
  • harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • have a bearing on — If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
  • have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
  • have a roving eye — to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
  • have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
  • have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
  • have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
  • heavy mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
  • heteronormativity — The view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes.
  • home improvements — improvements to one's home, such as new kitchens and bathrooms, central heating etc
  • homovanillic acid — the end product of dopamine metabolism, C 9 H 10 O 4 , found in human urine.
  • hyperconnectivity — Hyperconnectivity is the use of many systems and devices so that you are always connected to social networks and other sources of information.
  • immediate version — child version
  • immunosuppressive — capable of causing immunosuppression: immunosuppressive drugs.
  • improvement grant — a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance the amelioration of a building, area of land, etc
  • improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
  • incomprehensively — In an incomprehensive manner.
  • inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
  • individualisation — Alternative spelling of individualization.
  • individualization — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
  • infantry division — a military division composed of infantry
  • insectivorous bat — any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects. The group includes common bats (Myotis species), vampire bats, etc
  • inter-convertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
  • interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
  • interconnectivity — The state or quality of being interconnected.
  • intergovernmental — involving two or more governments or levels of government.
  • internet provider — Internet Service Provider
  • into/in overdrive — If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
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