19-letter words containing o, v, e, r, t, u
- 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.
- private prosecution — a prosecution started by a private individual rather than by the police
- privatization issue — an issue of shares available for purchase by members of the public when a publicly owned organization is transferred to the private sector
- pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- pseudo-intransitive — denoting an occurrence of a normally transitive verb in which a direct object is not explicitly stated or forms the subject of the sentence, as in Margaret is cooking or these apples cook well
- radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
- radius of curvature — the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature at a point on a curve.
- republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
- reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
- restorative justice — a theory and method in criminal justice in which it is arranged that the victim and the community receive restitution from the offender.
- saturation coverage — news coverage (of an event, etc) that is very thorough in order not to miss any details
- sensitometric curve — characteristic curve.
- shovelnose sturgeon — a small sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus, of the Mississippi River, having a broad, flat snout.
- solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
- stanford university — (education) A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
- subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
- the labour movement — a movement campaigning for the interests of working people, for example for better working conditions, better treatment from employers, etc
- the open university — (in Britain) a university founded in 1969 for mature students studying by television and radio lectures, correspondence courses, local counselling, and summer schools
- the volunteer state — a nickname for Tennessee
- theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
- to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
- torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
- university hospital — a hospital that is affiliated with a university. University hospitals provide clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- value added network — (networking) (VAN) A privately owned network that provides a specific service, such as legal research or access to a specialised database, for a fee. A Value Added Network usually offers some service or information that is not readily available on public networks. A Value Added Network's customers typically purchase leased lines that connect them to the network or they use a dial-up number, given by the network owner, to gain access to the network.
- vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
- victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998