17-letter words containing u, p, v, o, t
- active suspension — a type of suspension in a car that is controlled by an onboard computer and improves the vehicle's roadholding so that it takes corners, accelerates, and brakes more smoothly
- adjective pronoun — a pronoun used as an adjective, as his in His dinner is ready.
- adoptive immunity — passive immunity resulting from the administration of sensitized lymphocytes from an immune donor.
- agent provocateur — An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
- antivirus program — antivirus software
- 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
- blowout preventer — A blowout preventer is a valve that can be closed when there is uncontrolled flow of fluids.
- compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
- counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
- give up the ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gustavus adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- gustavus-adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
- nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
- over-presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- palace revolution — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- period-revolution — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
- photoconductivity — the increase in the electrical conductivity of a substance, often nonmetallic, caused by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- polyvinyl butyral — a white, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal made with butyraldehyde, used chiefly as an interlayer in the manufacture of safety glass.
- positive eugenics — the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)
- pre-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- prerogative court — a former ecclesiastical court in England and Ireland for the trial of certain testamentary cases.
- 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.
- private education — education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- probability curve — a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.
- production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
- public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
- punitive taxation — a form of taxation that is very severe and that people find very difficult to pay
- 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
- quasi-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- reproductive cell — gamete.
- rural development — social or economic activities or initiatives designed to improve the standard of living in areas far away from large towns or cities
- sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
- shetland pullover — a thick woollen sweater made from Shetland wool
- superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- supernova remnant — an expanding shell of gas, with accompanying strong radio and x-ray emissions, produced by a supernova.
- thought-provoking — If something such as a book or a film is thought-provoking, it contains interesting ideas that make people think seriously.
- uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
- vacuum aspiration — menstrual extraction.
- wave-cut platform — a flat surface at the base of a cliff formed by erosion by waves
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