19-letter words containing r, v
- to carry conviction — If something carries conviction, it is likely to be true or likely to be believed.
- 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
- vacuum coffee maker — a coffee pot with upper and lower glass units, the upper for ground coffee and the lower for water that, when boiled, rises through the filter-stoppered bottom of the upper unit and remains there until drawn back down to the lower unit as brewed coffee by a reduction in pressure caused by the removal of heat.
- 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.
- venus of willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
- verdigris toadstool — a basidiomycetous fungus, Stropharia aeruginosa, having a distinctive and unusual blue-green cap and paler shaggy stem
- versa module europa — (hardware) (VME) A flexible open-ended bus system which makes use of the Eurocard standard. VME was introduced in 1981 by Motorola, Philips, Thompson, and Mostek. It was intended to be a flexible environment supporting a variety of computing intensive tasks, and has become a rather popular protocol in the computer industry. It is defined by the IEEE standard 1014-1987.
- vertical stabilizer — the fixed vertical surface of an aircraft empennage, to which the rudder is hinged.
- very high frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 megahertz. Abbreviation: VHF.
- 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.
- vinculum matrimonii — the bond of matrimony.
- vinylidene chloride — a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C 2 H 2 Cl, that is copolymerized chiefly with vinyl chloride to form saran.
- virginia-rail-fence — snake fence.
- visual basic script — (language) (VBScript) Microsoft's scripting language which is an extension of their Visual Basic language. VBScript can be used with Microsoft Office applications and others. It can also be embedded in web pages but can only be understood by Internet Explorer. Visual Basic is a BASIC variant with object-oriented features. Objects include applications, windows and selections.
- 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
- wedding anniversary — the annual commemoration of a couple's marriage: a tenth wedding anniversary.
- won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998