17-letter words containing v, a, n, t
- female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
- freund's adjuvant — a water-in-oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund's incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund's complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen.
- geneva convention — one of a series of international agreements, first made in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864, establishing rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, the wounded, and the dead in battle.
- get above oneself — If you say that someone is getting above themself, you disapprove of them because they think they are better than everyone else.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- give satisfaction — to satisfy
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
- have a thick skin — to be insensitive (or acutely sensitive) to blame, criticism, insults, etc.
- have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
- have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
- heteronormativity — The view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes.
- hydrothermal vent — an opening on the floor of the sea from which hot, mineral-rich solutions issue. Compare vent1 (def 2).
- i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
- immediate version — child version
- improvement grant — a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance the amelioration of a building, area of land, etc
- improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
- in seventh heaven — ecstatically happy
- in the event that — if it happens that
- incremental value — increased value measured on an index or scale
- 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
- infantry division — a military division composed of infantry
- infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
- infinitive marker — a word or affix occurring with the verb stem in the infinitive, such as to in to make
- insectivorous bat — any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects. The group includes common bats (Myotis species), vampire bats, etc
- 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.
- intensive farming — battery rearing of animals
- interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
- 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.
- intransitive verb — a verb that indicates a complete action without being accompanied by a direct object, as sit or lie, and, in English, that does not form a passive.
- inverse cotangent — arc cotangent.
- inversion casting — casting from an electric furnace inverted over the mold.
- inversion therapy — a method used to stretch and align the body, especially the lower back, by suspending the entire body upside down from an apparatus that grips or supports the feet or knees.
- investment banker — an executive in an investment bank
- inward investment — Inward investment is the investment of money in a country by companies from outside that country.
- ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- jehovah's witness — A Jehovah's Witness is a member of a religious organization which accepts some Christian ideas and believes that the world is going to end very soon.
- job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
- juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
- level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
- live and let live — be tolerant of others