17-letter words containing v, a, l, i, n
- female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- financial adviser — A financial adviser is someone whose job it is to advise people about financial products and services.
- formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
- french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
- heavy mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- heimlich maneuver — an emergency rescue procedure for application to someone choking on a foreign object, in which the rescuer places a fist between the victim's lower ribs or upper abdomen from behind and exerts sudden pressure in the form of thrusts of sufficient force to help eject the object from the windpipe.
- homovanillic acid — the end product of dopamine metabolism, C 9 H 10 O 4 , found in human urine.
- improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
- inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
- incremental value — increased value measured on an index or scale
- individual medley — a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay (def 2).
- individualisation — Alternative spelling of individualization.
- individualization — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
- infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
- instance variable — (programming) In object-oriented programming, one of the variables of a class template which may have a different value for each object of that class. Instance variables hold the state of an object.
- intergovernmental — involving two or more governments or levels of government.
- interval estimate — the interval used as an estimate in interval estimation; a confidence interval.
- interval training — an exercise and training program in which each session consists of periods of intense exertion alternating with periods of rest or lighter exertion.
- intragovernmental — Within a government.
- invincible armada — Armada.
- invisible balance — the difference in value between total exports of services plus payment of property incomes from abroad and total imports of services plus payment abroad of property incomes
- irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
- ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- laccadive islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: part of Lakshadweep territory
- lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
- leonardo da vinci — Leonardo [lee-uh-nahr-doh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- live and let live — be tolerant of others
- livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
- longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
- macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
- military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty
- military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
- muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
- nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
- national covenant — an agreement (1638) among Scottish Presbyterians to uphold their faith in Scotland.
- naval air station — military airbase for the navy
- navigation lights — lights on an aircraft
- negative catalyst — an inhibitor.
- negative particle — a word that indicates negativity, for example 'not' in English or 'ne pas' in French
- negative polarity — the grammatical character of a word or phrase, such as ever or any, that may normally be used only in a semantically or syntactically negative or interrogative context
- negative theology — a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be unknowable and is only understood through negative statements. See also apophasis (def 2).