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16-letter words containing p, e, r, v, s, l

  • adhesive plaster — adhesive tape, especially in wide sheets.
  • adverbial phrase — a group of two or more words that function together as an adverb, as the phrase in a minute in I'll be with you in a minute.
  • alpha conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
  • alveolar process — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
  • bulletproof vest — a protective garment
  • capital reserves — the money which a company holds in reserve
  • chuvash republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga valley: generally low-lying with undulating plains and large areas of forest. Capital: Cheboksary. Pop: 1 313 900 (2002). Area: 18 300 sq km (7064 sq miles)
  • devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
  • droves of people — large numbers of people
  • hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • inverted nipples — nipples which do not project from the breast but are retracted
  • levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
  • level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
  • lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
  • liver of sulphur — a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • peasants' revolt — the first great popular rebellion in English history (1381), caused by the imposition of an unpopular poll tax: it lasted less than a month and failed as a social revolution
  • plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
  • prevost d'exiles — Antoine François [ahn-twan frahn-swa] /ɑ̃ˈtwan frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Abbé Prévost") 1697–1763, French novelist.
  • progressive lens — a multifocal eyeglass lens that provides a continuous range of focal power between near and far distances.
  • protective slope — a slope given to a yard or the like to drain surface water away from a building.
  • representatively — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • reversal process — a process for converting the negative on a film or plate to a positive by bleaching and redeveloping.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • seal of approval — royal stamp of endorsement
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • sicilian vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • slip one over on — to hoodwink or trick
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
  • splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
  • superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
  • verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
  • videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
  • visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.

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