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19-letter words containing r, e, v, t

  • soviet central asia — the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
  • stanford university — (education)   A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
  • starve the bardies! — an exclamation of surprise or protest
  • stochastic variable — a random variable.
  • subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
  • supernatural virtue — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • take it or leave it — If you say to someone 'take it or leave it', you are telling them that they can accept something or not accept it, but that you are not prepared to discuss any other alternatives.
  • tamper-evident seal — A tamper-evident seal is a sealing device designed to reveal if the opening of a container has been interfered with.
  • the bitter/very end — If you do something to the bitter end or to the very end, you continue to do it for as long as you can, although it may be very unpleasant or dangerous.
  • the evergreen state — Washington State
  • 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 provisional ira — the unofficial faction of the IRA that became increasingly dominant following a split in 1969. The Provisional movement remained committed to a policy of terrorism until its ceasefires of the mid-1990s
  • the underprivileged — those who are underprivileged
  • the varangian guard — the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor in the late 10th and 11th centuries, consisting of Varangians
  • the volunteer state — a nickname for Tennessee
  • the wolverine state — a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes area of the north central US
  • theodore von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
  • theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • thermoelectromotive — designating or of the electromotive force produced by a thermocouple
  • throw sth overboard — If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
  • throw to the wolves — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
  • toonerville trolley — a dilapidated, outmoded trolley line or railway.
  • torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
  • travelers' diarrhea — persistent and often severe diarrhea experienced by a traveler whose digestive system is unaccustomed to the bacteria in local food and water.
  • traveling-wave tube — an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
  • travelling expenses — expenses that are paid to someone, for example, by their employer, for the costs they need to travel
  • travelling salesman — A travelling salesman is a salesman who travels to different places and meets people in order to sell goods or take orders.
  • turn in their grave — If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
  • universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
  • university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
  • 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).
  • velocity microphone — a microphone in which the output varies according to the instantaneous velocity of the air molecules in the incident sound waves.
  • verdigris toadstool — a basidiomycetous fungus, Stropharia aeruginosa, having a distinctive and unusual blue-green cap and paler shaggy stem
  • vertical stabilizer — the fixed vertical surface of an aircraft empennage, to which the rudder is hinged.
  • very large database — (database)   (VLDB) A database that can use a Very Large Memory model to keep as much data as possible in physical memory. (Oracle http://oracle.com/platforms/dec/collateral/vlmwp_3.html).
  • vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
  • veterinary medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases in animals, especially domesticated animals.
  • vicariate apostolic — a district under the jurisdiction of a vicar apostolic.
  • victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • video tape recorder — a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
  • voltaic electricity — electric current; moving electric charges.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • waste heat recovery — the use of heat that is produced in a thermodynamic cycle, as in a furnace, combustion engine, etc, in another process, such as heating feedwater or air
  • watch night service — a service held on the night of December 24, or of December 31
  • won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
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