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16-letter words containing o, t, a, v

  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • make a virtue of — If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
  • manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
  • mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
  • mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
  • mind over matter — You can use the expression mind over matter to describe situations in which a person seems to be able to control events, physical objects, or the condition of their own body using their mind.
  • minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
  • molotov cocktail — a crude incendiary grenade consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing: used originally for setting fire to enemy tanks during the Spanish Civil War.
  • monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
  • moravska ostrava — former name of Ostrava.
  • moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
  • moving violation — any of various traffic violations committed while a vehicle is in motion, as speeding, driving through a red light, or going the wrong direction on a one-way street.
  • national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
  • national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  • native companion — brolga.
  • neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
  • neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
  • non-availability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
  • non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
  • non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
  • noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
  • nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
  • observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
  • observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
  • observationality — The property of being observational.
  • on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
  • one man one vote — One man one vote or one person one vote is a system of voting in which every person in a group or country has the right to cast their vote, and in which each individual's vote is counted and has equal value.
  • optical activity — the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
  • orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
  • over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
  • over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
  • over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
  • over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
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