18-letter words containing t, v, m
- postviral syndrome — debilitating condition occurring as a sequel to viral illness
- pound the pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- provision merchant — a person or company in the business of retailing food and other provisions
- pseudo-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
- racially motivated — motivated by (the hate or prejudice of) someone's race
- rapid eye movement — rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming.
- 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.
- redevelopment area — an urban area in which all or most of the buildings are demolished and rebuilt
- relative major key — a major key that has the same key signature as a minor key, but a different tonic
- relative minor key — a minor key that has the same key signature as a major key, but a different tonic
- reverberation time — the time it takes for a sound made in a room to diminish by 60 decibels.
- ribbon development — housing or commercial buildings built along a stretch of road.
- sacrificial victim — a person who is ritually killed with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity
- second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
- self-advertisement — a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc.
- 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.
- symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
- take a dim view of — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
- television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
- thiruvananthapuram — a state in SW India: formerly the regions of Travancore and Cochin. 15,005 sq. mi. (38,836 sq. km). Capital: Thiruvananthapuram.
- thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- to take a dim view — If you take a dim view or a poor view of someone or something, you disapprove of them or have a low opinion of them.
- traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
- tristimulus values — three values that together are used to describe a colour and are the amounts of three reference colours that can be mixed to give the same visual sensation as the colour considered
- trustee investment — an investment in which trustees are authorized to invest money belonging to a trust fund
- vanadium pentoxide — a yellow to red crystalline compound, V 2 O 5 , slightly soluble in water, used as a catalyst for organic reactions, in glass to absorb ultraviolet radiation, and as a photographic developer.
- victor emmanuel ii — 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.
- video compact disc — (storage) (VCD) A storage format used for film distribution.
- 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
- vitamin a aldehyde — retinal2 .
- vitamin deficiency — a lack of a vitamin or vitamins needed for good health
- vitelline membrane — the membrane surrounding the egg yolk.
- vosges (mountains) — mountain range in NE France, west of the Rhine: highest peak, c. 4,700 ft (1,433 m)
- 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.