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18-letter words containing v, a

  • absolute viscosity — a full name for viscosity, used to distinguish it from kinematic viscosity and specific viscosity
  • account receivable — a current asset account showing amounts payable to a firm by customers who have made purchases of goods and services on credit
  • acquired behaviour — the behaviour of an organism resulting from the effects of the environment
  • activated charcoal — a form of carbon having very fine pores: used chiefly for adsorbing gases or solutes, as in various filter systems for purification, deodorization, and decolorization.
  • adaptive answering — (communications)   A feature which allows a faxmodem to answer the telephone and decide whether the incoming call is a fax or data call. Most Class 1 faxmodems do this. The U.S. Robotics Class 1 implementation however seems not to do it, it must be set to answer as either one or the other.
  • adaptive radiation — evolution of a number of divergent species from a common ancestor, each species becoming adapted to occupy a different environment. This type of evolution occurred in the Tertiary manuals and the Mesozoic reptiles
  • administrative law — law relating to the control of government power
  • advanced waveffect — (multimedia, music, hardware)   (AWE) The kind of synthesis used by the EMU 8000 music synthesizer integrated circuit found on the SB AWE32 card.
  • adverse possession — the occupation or possession of land by a person not legally entitled to it. If continued unopposed for a period specifed by law, such occupation extinguishes the title of the rightful owner
  • advertising agency — An advertising agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
  • advice and consent — a phrase in the Constitution (Article II, Section 2) allowing the Senate to restrain presidential powers of appointment and treaty-making.
  • aerial perspective — a means of indicating relative distance in terms of a gradation of clarity, tone, and colour, esp blue
  • affective disorder — any mental disorder, such as depression or mania, that is characterized by abnormal disturbances of mood
  • affirmative action — Affirmative action is the policy of giving jobs and other opportunities to members of groups such as racial minorities or women who might not otherwise have them.
  • aggravated assault — an offence in which a person attacks someone physically, made more serious by its violent circumstances
  • aggravated robbery — a robbery made more serious by its violent circumstances
  • agri-environmental — of or relating to the impact of agricultural practices on the environment
  • ahead of the curve — People, products or ideas that are ahead of the curve are more advanced or modern than others of their kind.
  • aids-related virus — a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
  • all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
  • alternative comedy — a style of comedy originating in the UK in the 1980s that seeks to avoid racist or sexist stereotypes, and usually puts forward left-wing, anti-establishment views
  • alternative energy — a form of energy derived from a natural source, such as the sun, wind, tides, or waves
  • alternative school — any public or private school having a special curriculum, especially an elementary or secondary school offering a more flexible program of study than a traditional school.
  • american civil war — the war in the U.S. between the North and the South, 1861–65.
  • an overgrown child — an adult whose behaviour is characteristic of a child
  • andorre la vieille — French name for the capital of Andorra, situated in the west of the principality. Pop: 22 035 (2003 est)
  • angle of deviation — the angle between the direction of the refracted ray and the direction of the incident ray when a ray of light passes from one medium to another
  • angle of elevation — elevation (def 8a).
  • anniversary dinner — a dinner held to celebrate an event that occurred in some previous year
  • anti-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • antivaccinationist — One who is opposed to the practice of vaccination.
  • antivirus software — (tool)   Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses. Others are constantly active, attempting to detect the actions of general classes of viruses. antivirus software should always include a regular update service allowing it to keep up with the latest viruses as they are released.
  • antivivisectionist — a person who is opposed to vivisection
  • appellate division — the section of a court that hears appeals, sometimes existing as an intermediate court between a trial court and a court of last resort.
  • application server — 1. A designer's or developer's suite of software that helps programmers isolate the business logic in their programs from the platform-related code. Application servers can handle all of the application logic and connectivity found in client-server applications. Many application servers also offer features such as transaction management, clustering and failover, and load balancing; nearly all offer ODBC support. 2. Production programs run on a mid-sized computer that handle all application operations between browser-based computers and an organisation's back-end business applications or databases. The application server works as a translator, allowing, for example, a customer with a browser to search an online retailer's database for pricing information. 3. The device on which application server software runs. Application Service Providers offer commercial access to such devices.
  • armed intervention — an official response to a situation which involves the armed forces
  • artificial gravity — a simulated gravity or sensation of weight established within a spacecraft by means of the craft's rotation, acceleration, or deceleration.
  • associative cortex — the part of the cortex that does not have direct connections to the senses or motor system and is thought to be involved in higher mental processes
  • associative memory — content addressable memory
  • assortative mating — the reproductive pairing of individuals that have more traits in common than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with disassortative mating).
  • at boardroom level — among directors
  • augmented interval — an interval that is a half step greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval
  • authorized version — the revised English translation of the Bible published in England in 1611 with the authorization of King James I
  • available quantity — The available quantity of a product is the amount of that product available, or currently available in the store.
  • aviation authority — a body that is responsible for overseeing the aviation industry
  • aviation insurance — Aviation insurance is insurance cover for aircraft, and for damage, injury, or loss of life or cargo while traveling on aircraft.
  • avoirdupois weight — a British and American system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces
  • axis of revolution — an axis in a plane, about which an area is revolved to form a solid of revolution.
  • be having a moment — If something or someone is having a moment, they are successful or popular at the present time.
  • beaujolais nouveau — the first Beaujolais wine of the season, usually available for sale within two months after the grapes are harvested.

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