16-letter words containing t, i, m, e, v
- preemptive right — a privilege given to an existing shareholder to buy a portion of a new stock issue at the offering price on a pro-rata per-share basis.
- presumptive heir — heir presumptive.
- primitive church — the early Christian church, especially in reference to its earliest form and organization.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
- proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- punitive damages — law: penalty payment
- redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
- relative maximum — maximum (def 4a).
- relative minimum — minimum (def 5a).
- relative-maximum — maximum (def 4a).
- relatively prime — (mathematics) Having no common divisors (greater than 1). Two numbers are said to be relativey prime if there is no number greater than unity that divides both of them evenly. For example, 10 and 33 are relativly prime. 15 and 33 are not relatively prime, since 3 is a divisor of both.
- selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
- self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
- semiquantitative — partially quantitative.
- severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
- silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
- slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
- tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
- top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
- trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
- vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
- vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
- victimless crime — a legal offense, as prostitution or gambling, to which all participating parties have consented.
- visibility meter — any instrument for measuring the visual range through the atmosphere, as a transmissometer.
- visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
- visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
- visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
- visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- wimp environment — WIMP