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17-letter words containing s, t, v

  • positive theology — a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be knowable and is understood through positive statements. See also cataphasis (def 2).
  • positive thinking — an optimistic attitude
  • pre-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
  • preemptive strike — preventive war.
  • previous question — a move that a vote be taken at once on a main question, used especially as a means of cutting off further debate.
  • primitive baptist — (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.
  • private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • private secretary — a person who attends to the individual or confidential correspondence, files, etc., of a business executive, official, or the like.
  • production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
  • progressive party — a political party formed in 1912 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, advocating popular control of government, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, woman suffrage, etc.
  • protective system — protectionism (def 1).
  • public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
  • purdue university — http://purdue.edu/.
  • push the envelope — a flat paper container, as for a letter or thin package, usually having a gummed flap or other means of closure.
  • put on the gloves — to box
  • quantity surveyor — A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road.
  • quasi-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
  • quasi-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
  • received standard — the form of educated English spoken originally in southern England and having Received Pronunciation as a chief distinguishing feature.
  • recovery position — a position in which an unconscious person can be lain on the floor, which minimises them from further risk
  • relativistic mass — the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases.
  • revascularization — the restoration of the blood circulation of an organ or area, achieved by unblocking obstructed or disrupted blood vessels or by surgically implanting replacements.
  • reverse apartheid — a perceived bias against White people following the end of Apartheid
  • reverse lightning — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
  • saint agnes's eve — the night of January 20, superstitiously regarded as a time when a young woman who performs certain rites is likely to dream of her future husband.
  • saint bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • saint croix river — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
  • saint kitts-nevis — a twin-island state in the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies, consisting of the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis: formerly a British colony and member of the West Indies Associated States; gained independence 1983. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km). Capital: Basseterre.
  • saturation diving — a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.
  • save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • save shoe leather — to avoid wearing out shoes, as by taking a bus rather than walking
  • saved by the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
  • second derivative — the derivative of the derivative of a function: Acceleration is the second derivative of distance with respect to time.
  • selective amnesia — the deliberate forgetting of something
  • selective service — compulsory military service.
  • self-conservation — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
  • self-preservation — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
  • semi-quantitative — partially quantitative.
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • sentimental value — personal, emotional significance
  • servient tenement — land subject to an easement or servitude.
  • seventh amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing trial by jury.
  • shetland pullover — a thick woollen sweater made from Shetland wool
  • silent revolution — a social or political revolution that takes place with little warning and without great fuss or unrest
  • silver collection — a collection that consists of silver coins that is made at a meeting etc
  • silver star medal — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded for gallantry in action
  • situations vacant — Situations Vacant is the title of a column or page in a newspaper where jobs are advertised.
  • sleep deprivation — a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
  • softvelocity inc. — (company)   The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
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