19-letter words containing o, v, e, r, g, n
- no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
- not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
- oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
- reciprocal leveling — leveling between two widely separated points in which observations are made in both directions to eliminate the effects of atmospheric refraction and the curvature of the earth.
- revival of learning — the Renaissance in its relation to learning, especially in literature (Revival of Literature or Revival of Letters)
- saturation coverage — news coverage (of an event, etc) that is very thorough in order not to miss any details
- separation negative — Photography. a black-and-white negative of one of the additive primary colors used to form a color image.
- shovelnose sturgeon — a small sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus, of the Mississippi River, having a broad, flat snout.
- to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998