16-letter words containing p, a, v, l, o
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
- slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- the devil to pay — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- virginia cowslip — a perennial woodland plant (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family, native to E North America and having clusters of blue or purple, bell-shaped flowers
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration