18-letter words containing v, a, n, e, s

mental reservation — an unexpressed doubt or qualification about a situation, person, etc.
microinvertebrates — Plural form of microinvertebrate.
minimally invasive — (of medical treatments or procedures) requiring only a small incision or the insertion of an instrument into a body cavity; involving minimal damage of body tissue: minimally invasive endoscopy.
movers and shakers — a person or thing that moves.
native advertising — advertising content on a website that conforms to the design and format of the site and is integrated into the site’s usual content: native advertising that is almost indistinguishable from the paper’s news stories.
negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
neovascularization — the development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease.
nervous exhaustion — extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.
netscape navigator — (networking, tool, product) /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. The first beta-test version was released free to the Internet on 13 October 1994. Netscape evolved from NCSA Mosaic (with which it shares at least one author) and runs on the X Window System under various versions of Unix, on Microsoft Windows and on the Apple Macintosh. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image loading; native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it. Version: 1.0N. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
nominative-address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
non-conversational — able or ready to converse; given to conversation.
non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
northern transvaal — province of South Africa, in the N part: 47,599 sq mi (123,280 sq km); pop. 5,202,000; cap. Pietersburg
nueva san salvador — Santa Tecla.
offensive material — any published or broadcast content (such as articles, photographs, films, or websites) that is likely to be upsetting, insulting, or objectionable to some or most people
one false move and — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
one's native heath — the place of one's birth or childhood
overdraft interest — interest charged on money withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
overpressurization — pressure in excess of normal atmospheric pressure, as that caused by an explosion's shock wave or created in an accelerating airplane.
overrepresentation — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
overspecialization — excessive specialization, as in a field of study.
passive euthanasia — a form of euthanasia in which medical treatment that will keep a dying patient alive for a time is withdrawn
passive resistance — opposition to a government or to specific governmental laws by the use of noncooperation and other nonviolent methods, as economic boycotts and protest marches.
pennsylvania dutch — the descendants of 17th- and 18th-century settlers in Pennsylvania from southwest Germany and Switzerland.
physical inventory — To carry out a physical inventory is to count all the stock on hand.
post-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
postviral syndrome — debilitating condition occurring as a sequel to viral illness
prepositional verb — a combination of verb and preposition, often with idiomatic meaning, differing from other phrasal verbs in that an object must always follow the preposition, as take after in The children take after their mother.
preservation order — In Britain, a preservation order is an official order that makes it illegal for anyone to alter or destroy something such as an old building or an area of countryside.
private enterprise — free enterprise (def 1).
provision merchant — a person or company in the business of retailing food and other provisions
psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
puvis de chavannes — Puvis de [py-vee duh] /püˈvi də/ (Show IPA), Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre.
quantity surveying — the action or profession of a person who estimates the cost of the materials and labour necessary for a construction job
representativeness — a person or thing that represents another or others.
research-intensive — focusing financial and other resources on research and development as opposed to capital and labor; noting or pertaining to a high ratio of expenditure on research in relation to the value of net output.
reverse angle shot — Movies. reverse shot.
reversionary bonus — a bonus added to the sum payable on death or at the maturity of a with-profits assurance policy
revolutionary wars — American Revolution.
russian revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
saint vitus' dance — chorea (def 2).
school-leaving age — the minimum age that children are legally allowed to leave school - in Britain and the United States, this is 16
seasonal variation — season-related variation
second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
secondary deviance — deviant behavior that results from being publicly labeled as deviant and treated as an outsider.
secondary recovery — extraction of oil or natural gas under artificially induced pressure after the natural flow has ceased.
selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
self-advertisement — a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc.
service department — a repair shop
sesto san giovanni — a city in Lombardy, N Italy: a suburb of Milan.

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