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18-letter words containing t, r, a, v, n, c

  • maritime provinces — region in Canada
  • merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
  • microenvironmental — Pertaining to a microenvironment.
  • microgravitational — Of or pertaining to microgravitation.
  • microinvertebrates — Plural form of microinvertebrate.
  • moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
  • natural convection — Natural convection is the loss of heat from a hot solid or liquid into air which is not artificially agitated.
  • naval architecture — the science of designing ships and other waterborne craft.
  • neovascularization — the development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease.
  • netscape navigator — (networking, tool, product)   /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. The first beta-test version was released free to the Internet on 13 October 1994. Netscape evolved from NCSA Mosaic (with which it shares at least one author) and runs on the X Window System under various versions of Unix, on Microsoft Windows and on the Apple Macintosh. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image loading; native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it. Version: 1.0N. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • non-conversational — able or ready to converse; given to conversation.
  • non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
  • oral contraceptive — birth-control pill.
  • over-pronunciation — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
  • overcapitalization — The state of being overcapitalized.
  • overidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • overspecialization — excessive specialization, as in a field of study.
  • passive resistance — opposition to a government or to specific governmental laws by the use of noncooperation and other nonviolent methods, as economic boycotts and protest marches.
  • physical inventory — To carry out a physical inventory is to count all the stock on hand.
  • pneumatic conveyor — a tube through which powdered or granular material, such as cement, grain, etc is transported by a flow of air
  • provision merchant — a person or company in the business of retailing food and other provisions
  • psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
  • radioactive dating — any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product.
  • raffinate recovery — Raffinate recovery is the use of a substance which is left after a process is complete and the desired substances have been removed.
  • reactive component — the component in an alternating-current circuit that does not contribute power because it is 90° out of phase with the voltage or current.
  • recovery operation — the process of locating and retrieving bodies, esp following an explosion or natural disaster
  • relative frequency — the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the number of occasions on which it might occur in the same period.
  • research-intensive — focusing financial and other resources on research and development as opposed to capital and labor; noting or pertaining to a high ratio of expenditure on research in relation to the value of net output.
  • second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
  • selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
  • service department — a repair shop
  • social environment — the environment developed by humans as contrasted with the natural environment; society as a whole, especially in its relation to the individual.
  • solvent extraction — Solvent extraction is the separation of a particular substance from a mixture by dissolving that substance in a solvent that will dissolve it, but which will not dissolve any other substance in the mixture.
  • st. lawrence river — a river in SE Canada, flowing NE from Lake Ontario, forming part of the boundary between New York and Ontario, and emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 760 miles (1225 km) long.
  • store launch event — A store launch event is a special event, which publicizes the opening of a new store and at which discounts and free samples may be offered.
  • teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
  • technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
  • tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
  • the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
  • 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.
  • transverse process — a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra.
  • transverse section — cross section (def 1).
  • university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
  • venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • victor emmanuel ii — 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.
  • you never can tell — If you say 'You never can tell', you mean that the future is always uncertain and it is never possible to know exactly what will happen.
  • young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
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