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16-letter words containing s, t, e, v, n, o

  • 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
  • photosensitivity — the quality of being photosensitive.
  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • positive vetting — the checking of a person's background, political affiliation, etc, to assess his suitability for a position that may involve national security
  • poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
  • pre-conversation — informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.
  • provost sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit.
  • 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
  • reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
  • roosevelt island — Formerly Welfare Island, Blackwells Island. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long.
  • saturation level — carrying capacity.
  • savage's station — a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle in 1862.
  • second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • send to coventry — to ostracize or ignore
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • service contract — law: between employer and employee
  • severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
  • shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • stevedore's knot — a knot that forms a lump in a line to prevent it from passing through a hole or grommet.
  • stevenson screen — a shelter for meteorological instruments, consisting of a raised white louvred box
  • take one's leave — to go away; depart
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
  • the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
  • the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
  • to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
  • transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
  • vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
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