18-letter words containing s, t, e, v, n
- technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
- teleobjective lens — telephoto lens.
- television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
- television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
- television licence — a certificate giving official permission to own a television set
- television station — station (def 8).
- the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- to lose your nerve — If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.
- to one's advantage — If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.
- to save one's life — If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.
- to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
- townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
- transverse process — a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra.
- transverse section — cross section (def 1).
- traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
- trustee investment — an investment in which trustees are authorized to invest money belonging to a trust fund
- united states navy — the permanent or regular naval force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USN.
- universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
- universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
- university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
- university heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- university student — a student enrolled in a university
- venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
- veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
- video entry system — a security system whereby a person in a building can see someone who wants to gain access by means of a video image
- video installation — an art installation incorporating video footage
- virginia snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- visible panty line — the line of someone's underwear which can be seen through trousers
- visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
- vosges (mountains) — mountain range in NE France, west of the Rhine: highest peak, c. 4,700 ft (1,433 m)
- voter registration — the requirement of citizens to become registered in order to vote
- west puente valley — a town in SW California.
- wind river systems — (company) A company founded in 1981, now a world leader in embedded systems, providing real-time operating systems and development tools. Wind River's development tools enable customers to standardise designs across projects and quickly develop feature-rich products. Wind River Systems employs over 500 people worldwide (1998). Service and support is provided through its U.S. headquarters and overseas operations in the U.K., France, Germany, Scandinavia and Japan. Address: Alameda, California, USA.
- winged everlasting — a bushy composite plant, Ammobium alatum, of Australia, having winged branches, javelin-shaped leaves, and white flowers.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
- yves saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.