16-letter words containing v, a, c, n, t, l

no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
polyvinyl acetal — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the condensation of an aldehyde with polyvinyl alcohol.
private-line car — a freight car owned by a company other than a railroad but operated over the tracks of railroads.
projective plane — (mathematics) The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of smoothness on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space".
resistance level — a point at which the rise in price of a specific stock is arrested due to more substantial selling than buying.
scavenger beetle — any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
valence electron — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
valency electron — an electron in the outer shell of an atom, responsible for forming chemical bonds
velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
vertebral column — spinal column.
vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
vertical tasting — a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.
viceregal assent — the formal signing of an act of parliament by a governor general, by which it becomes law
victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
visual interface — (tool, text) (vi) /V-I/, /vi:/, *never* /siks/ A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early BSD release. vi became the de facto standard Unix editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favourite outside of MIT until the rise of Emacs after about 1984. It tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup provides no indication of which mode the editor is in (one correspondent accordingly reports that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi:l/). Nevertheless it is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 Usenet poll preferred it), and even some Emacs fans resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of Emacs). See holy wars.
vitruvian scroll — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern.
vocabulary entry — (in dictionaries) a word, phrase, abbreviation, symbol, affix, name, etc., listed with its definition or explanation in alphabetical order or listed for identification after the word from which it is derived or to which it is related.
voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors

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