16-letter words containing v, a, g, i, n
- measuring device — gauge
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- moving violation — any of various traffic violations committed while a vehicle is in motion, as speeding, driving through a red light, or going the wrong direction on a one-way street.
- national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
- negative-raising — a rule that moves a negative element out of the complement clause of certain verbs, such as think, into the main clause, as in the derivation of He doesn't think that he'll finish
- nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- over-imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- parents' evening — an occasion when the parents of children at a school and their teachers come together (outside normal school hours, in the evening) in order to discuss the progress or work of the children
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
- prevenient grace — divine grace operating on the human will prior to its turning to God.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
- punitive damages — law: penalty payment
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
- relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
- right-hand drive — A right-hand drive vehicle has its steering wheel on the right side. It is designed to be driven in countries such as Britain, Japan, and Australia where people drive on the left side of the road.
- savage's station — a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle in 1862.
- savings and loan — type of savings bank
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
- 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.
- slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- standing ovation — rising to applaud
- tarragon vinegar — a white vinegar flavoured with the herb tarragon, used in cooking, esp in salad dressings
- thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
- ungava peninsula — a peninsula in NW Ungava region, in N Quebec, in E Canada.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- 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
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- vincent's angina — a disease characterized by ulceration of the mucosa of the tonsils, pharynx, and mouth, by the presence of abundant bacilli and spirochetes, and by the development of a membrane.
- virginia cowslip — a perennial woodland plant (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family, native to E North America and having clusters of blue or purple, bell-shaped flowers
- virginia creeper — a climbing plant, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of the grape family, native to North America, having palmate leaves, usually with five leaflets, and bluish-black berries.