17-letter words containing s, l, a, v, o
- ablative absolute — an absolute construction in Latin grammar in which a governor noun and a modifier in the ablative case function as a sentence modifier; for example, hostibus victis, "the enemy having been beaten"
- access television — television programmes made by the general public as distinguished from those made by professional broadcasters
- adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
- advocatus diaboli — devil's advocate
- aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
- all over the shop — If something is happening all over the shop, it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area.
- almost everywhere — everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.
- audio-visual aids — training or educational materials directed at both the sense of hearing and the sense of sight; films, recordings, photographs, etc., used in classroom instruction, library collections, or the like.
- barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
- cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
- coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
- collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
- composite volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- composite-volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- concessive clause — A concessive clause is a subordinate clause which refers to a situation that contrasts with the one described in the main clause. For example, in the sentence 'Although he was tired, he couldn't get to sleep', the first clause is a concessive clause.
- contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
- controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
- conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
- conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- david livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
- denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
- developmentalists — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
- devil's food cake — a rich chocolate cake
- disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
- dissolve in tears — weep
- division of labor — a production process in which a worker or group of workers is assigned a specialized task in order to increase efficiency.
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- fall over oneself — to do everything within one's power
- fluvioterrestrial — (of animals) able to live in rivers and on land
- foolscap envelope — an envelope of dimensions suitable to hold an unfolded sheet of foolscap paper
- 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.
- get above oneself — If you say that someone is getting above themself, you disapprove of them because they think they are better than everyone else.
- 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).
- gross value added — the aggregate of values added throughout an economy, which represents that economy's gross domestic product
- gustavus adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- gustavus-adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
- household cavalry — (in Britain) cavalry units forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- hypoglossal nerve — either one of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the tongue.
- implosive-therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
- improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
- inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
- individualisation — Alternative spelling of individualization.
- inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
- irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
- kvatro telecom as — (company) The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
- lee harvey oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
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