16-letter words containing r, v

curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
currier and ives — any of a 19th-cent. series of prints showing the manners, people, and events of the times
customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
david g farragut — David Glasgow, 1801–70, U.S. admiral: won the battles of New Orleans and Mobile Bay for the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
debt forgiveness — the action or process of forgiving people their debts
deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
defective number — a positive number that is greater than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 10, which is greater than the sum of 1, 2, and 5.
deliberativeness — The state or quality of being deliberative.
delta conversion — delta reduction
developing world — Third World: poor countries
development area — (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries
device control 1 — control-Q
device control 2 — (character) (DC2) The mnemonic for ASCII character 18, one of the four Device Control characters.
device control 3 — control-S
device control 4 — (character) (DC4) The mnemonic for ASCII character 20, one of the four Device Control characters.
devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
devonshire cream — clotted cream.
devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
directed verdict — an order by a judge to a jury to find a verdict because the facts proved are indisputable.
discovered check — a check that is effected by moving an intervening piece from the line of attack of a queen, rook, or bishop.
discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
dispersive power — a measure of the ability of a substance to disperse light, equal to the quotient of the difference in refractive indices of the substance for two representative wavelengths divided by the difference of the refractive index for an intermediate wavelength and 1.
distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
domestic service — the work of household servants
driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
driver's license — a permit, as one issued by a state's motor vehicle bureau, that allows the holder to drive a motor vehicle on public roads.
droves of people — large numbers of people
drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
dumont d'urville — Jules Sébastien César [zhyl sey-bas-tyan sey-zar] /ʒül seɪ basˈtyɛ̃ seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), 1790–1842, French naval officer: explored South Pacific and Antarctic.
eager evaluation — Any evaluation strategy where evaluation of some or all function arguments is started before their value is required. A typical example is call-by-value, where all arguments are passed evaluated. The opposite of eager evaluation is call-by-need where evaluation of an argument is only started when it is required. The term "speculative evaluation" is very close in meaning to eager evaluation but is applied mostly to parallel architectures whereas eager evaluation is used of both sequential and parallel evaluators. Eager evaluation does not specify exactly when argument evaluation takes place - it might be done fully speculatively (all redexes in the program reduced in parallel) or may be done by the caller just before the function is entered. The term "eager evaluation" was invented by Carl Hewitt and Henry Baker <[email protected]> and used in their paper ["The Incremental Garbage Collection of Processes", Sigplan Notices, Aug 1977. ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/Futures.html]. It was named after their "eager beaver" evaluator. See also conservative evaluation, lenient evaluation, strict evaluation.
east coast fever — a disease of cattle, endemic in east and central Africa, caused by a parasite, Theileria parva, that is carried by ticks
elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
electric vehicle — An electric vehicle is a vehicle that is driven by an electric motor which draws its current either from storage batteries or from overhead cables.
elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
ending inventory — An ending inventory is all of the goods, services, or materials that a business has available for use or sale at the end of an accounting period.
energy-intensive — using large amount of energy
environmentalism — A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
evacuation route — An evacuation route is a way to get out of a building if there is an emergency, such as a fire.
evening primrose — flowering plant
executive member — a member of an executive committee
executive relief — sexual intercourse or masturbation
fairview heights — a city in SW Illinois.

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