16-letter words containing v, a
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- military service — compulsory period spent in the army
- mind over matter — You can use the expression mind over matter to describe situations in which a person seems to be able to control events, physical objects, or the condition of their own body using their mind.
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- molecular volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a substance
- molotov cocktail — a crude incendiary grenade consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing: used originally for setting fire to enemy tanks during the Spanish Civil War.
- monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
- moravska ostrava — former name of Ostrava.
- mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
- movies on demand — Movies on demand is a service that allows you to choose and watch a movie on your television.
- 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.
- multiplicatively — tending to multiply or increase.
- national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- native americans — a person born in the United States.
- native companion — brolga.
- 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
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
- never-never land — an unreal, imaginary, or ideal state, condition, place, etc.
- new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
- nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
- 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-availability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
- nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
- nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
- offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
- on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
- one man one vote — One man one vote or one person one vote is a system of voting in which every person in a group or country has the right to cast their vote, and in which each individual's vote is counted and has equal value.