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16-letter words containing s, e, r, v, a, l

  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
  • hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
  • hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • irresolvableness — The state or quality of being irresolvable.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
  • levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
  • lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
  • lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
  • lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
  • microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
  • military service — compulsory period spent in the army
  • national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  • non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
  • observationality — The property of being observational.
  • over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • peasants' revolt — the first great popular rebellion in English history (1381), caused by the imposition of an unpopular poll tax: it lasted less than a month and failed as a social revolution
  • plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
  • radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • relative density — specific gravity.
  • relativistically — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
  • released version — release
  • representatively — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • resistance level — a point at which the rise in price of a specific stock is arrested due to more substantial selling than buying.
  • reversal process — a process for converting the negative on a film or plate to a positive by bleaching and redeveloping.
  • revised algol 60 — ALGOL 60 Revised
  • roosevelt island — Formerly Welfare Island, Blackwells Island. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long.
  • salivary amylase — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
  • saturation level — carrying capacity.
  • scavenger beetle — any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • seal of approval — royal stamp of endorsement
  • self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • self-deliverance — suicide.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
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