17-letter words containing o, v, e, r, n, l
- adventure holiday — a holiday that involves some physically challenging activity such as canoeing, rock climbing, etc
- adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
- aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
- antiproliferative — of or relating to a substance used to prevent or retard the spread of cells, especially malignant cells, into surrounding tissues.
- antirevolutionary — opposed to revolution, esp opposed to a particular revolution and the people who are carrying it out
- believe it or not — You can use believe it or not to emphasize that what you have just said is surprising.
- between ourselves — in confidence; as a secret
- bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
- blowout preventer — A blowout preventer is a valve that can be closed when there is uncontrolled flow of fluids.
- breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
- california privet — a privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium, of the olive family, native to Japan, having glossy, oval leaves and long clusters of white flowers, widely used for hedges in the U.S.
- cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
- chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
- collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
- colour television — television that broadcasts in real-life colours, as opposed to black and white
- compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
- congo-brazzaville — a republic in W Central Africa: formerly the French colony of Middle Congo, part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960; consists mostly of equatorial forest, with savanna and extensive swamps; drained chiefly by the Rivers Congo and Ubangi. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: franc. Capital: Brazzaville. Pop: 4 492 689 (2013 est). Area: 342 000 sq km (132 018 sq miles)
- controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
- conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.
- counterrevolution — A counterrevolution is a revolution that is intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
- denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
- denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- dissolve in tears — weep
- drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
- electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
- electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- 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
- fall over oneself — to do everything within one's power
- for love or money — If you cannot or will not do something for love or money, you are completely unable to do it or you do not intend to do it.
- 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.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
- 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.
- hydrothermal vent — an opening on the floor of the sea from which hot, mineral-rich solutions issue. Compare vent1 (def 2).
- hypoglossal nerve — either one of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the tongue.
- incomprehensively — In an incomprehensive manner.
- 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
- inter-convertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- intergovernmental — involving two or more governments or levels of government.
- intragovernmental — Within a government.
- inventory control — the process of monitoring and adjusting the amount of items available, esp to avoid having too many or too few for current demand
- invisible exports — services sold to a foreign country or countries
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