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17-letter words containing t, a, v, e

  • automatic vending — selling goods by vending machines
  • average deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
  • average seek time — (storage)   The mean time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from one track to another, averaged over the source and destination cylinders. Usually measured in milliseconds (ms). The average seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive in a multi-user environment where successive read/write request are largely uncorrelated. Ten ms is common for a hard disk and 200 ms for an eight-speed CD-ROM.
  • aviation medicine — the branch of medicine concerned with the effects on man of flight in the earth's atmosphere
  • basic service set — (networking)   (BSS) A wireless local area network and all the wireless devices (e.g. PCs and laptops) that are associated with it. A BSS may or may not include an access point and is identified by a BSSID.
  • behaviour therapy — any of various means of treating psychological disorders, such as desensitization, aversion therapy, and instrumental conditioning, that depend on the patient systematically learning new modes of behaviour
  • bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
  • black-water fever — a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death
  • breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
  • brighton and hove — a city and unitary authority in S England, in East Sussex. Pop: 251 500 (2003 est). Area: 72 sq km (28 sq miles)
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • brownian movement — random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, caused by bombardment of the particles by molecules of the fluid. First observed in 1827, it provided strong evidence in support of the kinetic theory of molecules
  • california privet — a privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium, of the olive family, native to Japan, having glossy, oval leaves and long clusters of white flowers, widely used for hedges in the U.S.
  • campus university — a university in which the buildings, often including shops and cafés, are all on one site
  • cantilever bridge — a bridge having spans that are constructed as cantilevers and often a suspended span or spans, each end of which rests on one end of a cantilever span
  • capital-intensive — Capital-intensive industries and businesses need the investment of large sums of money. Compare labour-intensive.
  • castilla la nueva — Spanish name of New Castile.
  • castilla la vieja — Spanish name of Old Castile.
  • cat scratch fever — a disorder characterized by fever and swelling of the lymph glands, caused by a viral infection resulting from the scratch or bite of a cat.
  • cat-scratch fever — a disease of humans caused by an organism, Bartonella henselae, usually resulting from a scratch by a cat and characterized by lymph node enlargement
  • cattle tick fever — Texas fever
  • cavalier servente — a lover; suitor.
  • center of gravity — The center of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
  • centre of gravity — The centre of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
  • chapter and verse — If you say that someone gives you chapter and verse on a particular subject, you are emphasizing that they tell you every detail about it.
  • circular velocity — the velocity at which a body must move in order to maintain an orbit at the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere.
  • civil libertarian — a person who actively supports or works for the protection or expansion of civil liberties.
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
  • cognitive meaning — the literal meaning of something
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • coitus reservatus — the deliberate delaying or avoidance of orgasm during intercourse
  • collaborativeness — Quality of being collaborative.
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
  • 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.
  • compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
  • conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
  • consumer advocate — consumerist (def 1).
  • consumer-advocate — Also called consumer advocate. a person who is dedicated to protecting and promoting the welfare and rights of consumers.
  • contemplativeness — The state or quality of being contemplative.
  • contradistinctive — distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
  • controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
  • convection heater — A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
  • conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
  • conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.
  • converter reactor — a nuclear reactor for converting one fuel into another, esp one that transforms fertile material into fissionable material
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