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18-letter words containing r, e, v, h

  • hemidemisemiquaver — a sixty-fourth note.
  • herring bone weave — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
  • hit-and-run driver — sb: leaves accident scene
  • hold a reservation — If a hotel holds a reservation, it keeps a room for someone, and does not give it to someone else.
  • hypersensitiveness — The state of being hypersensitive.
  • in the affirmative — positively, by saying yes
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
  • junior heavyweight — a boxer weighing up to 190 pounds (85.5 kg), between light heavyweight and heavyweight.
  • leave in the lurch — a situation at the close of various games in which the loser scores nothing or is far behind the opponent.
  • legislative branch — the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature.
  • make heavy weather — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
  • movers and shakers — a person or thing that moves.
  • naval architecture — the science of designing ships and other waterborne craft.
  • nervous exhaustion — extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.
  • northern transvaal — province of South Africa, in the N part: 47,599 sq mi (123,280 sq km); pop. 5,202,000; cap. Pietersburg
  • not have the heart — If you want to do something but do not have the heart to do it, you do not do it because you know it will make someone unhappy or disappointed.
  • ovariohysterectomy — Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus.
  • over and done with — If you say that something is over and done with, you mean that it is completely finished and you do not have to think about it any more.
  • over the long term — in the future
  • overhead projector — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
  • overnight telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.
  • pave the way (for) — to prepare the way (for); facilitate the introduction (of)
  • pemphigus vulgaris — a potentially fatal blistering skin disease, characterized by large blisters on the skin, mucous membranes of the mouth, genitals, intestines, etc, which eventually rupture and form painful denuded areas from which critical amounts of bodily protein, fluid, and blood may be lost
  • physical inventory — To carry out a physical inventory is to count all the stock on hand.
  • polyvinyl chloride — a white, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin, derived by the polymerization of vinyl chloride: used chiefly for thin coatings, insulation, and pipings.
  • positively charged — having a positive charge
  • provision merchant — a person or company in the business of retailing food and other provisions
  • psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
  • reinvent the wheel — (jargon)   To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time. This is often a valid criticism. On the other hand, automobiles don't use wooden rollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many times before you get them right. On the third hand, people reinventing the wheel do tend to come up with the moral equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset axle.
  • research-intensive — focusing financial and other resources on research and development as opposed to capital and labor; noting or pertaining to a high ratio of expenditure on research in relation to the value of net output.
  • reverse angle shot — Movies. reverse shot.
  • reverse psychology — (in nontechnical use) a method of getting another person to do what one wants by pretending not to want it or to want something else or something more.
  • reverse the charge — to make a telephone call at the recipient's expense
  • store launch event — A store launch event is a special event, which publicizes the opening of a new store and at which discounts and free samples may be offered.
  • supportive therapy — any treatment, such as the intravenous administration of certain fluids, designed to reinforce or sustain the physiological well-being of a patient
  • survival mechanism — something you or your body does automatically, in order to survive in a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
  • technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
  • telephone receiver — a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound.
  • the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
  • the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
  • the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
  • theodore roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
  • thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
  • three-day eventing — participation in a three day equestrian competition consisting of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping
  • too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
  • traveller's cheque — Traveller's cheques are cheques that you buy at a bank and take with you when you travel, for example so that you can exchange them for the currency of the country that you are in.
  • university heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
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