17-letter words containing r, e, v
- energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- executive burnout — a total loss of energy and interest and an inability to function effectively, experienced by some executives as a result of excessive demands upon their resources or chronic overwork
- executive officer — the second-in-command of any of certain military units
- explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
- 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
- five-spice powder — a mixture of spices used especially in Chinese cooking, usually including cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, pepper, and star anise.
- floppy disk drive — disk drive
- fluvioterrestrial — (of animals) able to live in rivers and on land
- for ever and ever — for eternity
- for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
- for love or money — If you cannot or will not do something for love or money, you are completely unable to do it or you do not intend to do it.
- forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
- forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
- 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.
- fouquier-tinville — Antoine Quentin [ahn-twan kahn-tan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1747?–95, French revolutionist: prosecutor during the Reign of Terror.
- 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.
- french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
- 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.
- front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
- 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.
- give free rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- give to the world — to publish
- 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
- government broker — the government-appointed stockbroker whose job is to sell government securities on the stock exchange, as instructed by the Bank of England
- 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.