17-letter words containing r, e, v, a
- 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.
- designated driver — The designated driver in a group of people travelling together is the one who has agreed to drive, or who is insured to drive.
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- disaster recovery — (business) (DR) Planning and implementation of procedures and facilities for use when essential systems are not available for a period long enough to have a significant impact on the business, e.g. when the head office is blown up. Disasters include natural: fire, flood, lightning, hurricane; hardware: power failure, component failure, head crash; software failure: bugs, resources; vandalism: arson, bombing, cracking, theft; data corruption or loss: human error, media failure; communications: computer network equipment, network storm, telephones; security: passwords compromised, computer virus; legal: change in legislation; personnel: unavailability of essential staff, industrial action. Companies need to plan for disaster: before: risk analysis, preventive measures, training; during: how should staff and systems respond; after: recovery measures, post mortem analysis. Hardware can usually be replaced and is usually insured. Software and data needs to be backed up off site. Alternative communication systems should be arranged in case of network failure or inaccessible premises, e.g. emergency telephone number, home working, alternative data center.
- discrete variable — a variable that may assume only a countable, and usually finite, number of values.
- disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
- dissolve in tears — weep
- dow jones average — The Dow Jones Average is a daily measurement of stock-exchange prices, based on the average price of a selected number of securities.
- drive to the wall — to force into an awkward situation
- drive up the wall — to cause to become crazy or furious
- drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
- eastern transvaal — Mpumalanga
- electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
- elevator operator — a person who operates a platform raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people from floor to floor in a building
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- fair market value — The fair market value of an asset is what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller for it on the open market.
- fall over oneself — to do everything within one's power
- financial adviser — A financial adviser is someone whose job it is to advise people about financial products and services.
- first triumvirate — the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, formed in 60 bc
- fluvioterrestrial — (of animals) able to live in rivers and on land
- for ever and ever — for eternity
- for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
- forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
- formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
- 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.
- freund's adjuvant — a water-in-oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund's incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund's complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen.
- geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
- great rift valley — a series of rift valleys running from N to S, from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa.
- great vowel shift — a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).
- greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
- gross value added — the aggregate of values added throughout an economy, which represents that economy's gross domestic product
- gustavo a. madero — official name of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- harvey wallbanger — a screwdriver cocktail topped with Galliano.
- have a bearing on — If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
- have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
- have a roving eye — to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
- have a short fuse — a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
- have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
- have no words for — to be incapable of describing
- have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
- have sth to offer — If you have something to offer, you have a quality or ability that makes you important, attractive, or useful.
- head of the river — any of various annual rowing regattas held on particular rivers
- 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.
- heimlich maneuver — an emergency rescue procedure for application to someone choking on a foreign object, in which the rescuer places a fist between the victim's lower ribs or upper abdomen from behind and exerts sudden pressure in the form of thrusts of sufficient force to help eject the object from the windpipe.