18-letter words containing v, a

fischer von erlach — Johann Bernhard [yaw-hahn bern-hahrt] /ˈyɔ hɑn ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1656–1723, Austrian architect.
for heaven's sake! — a mild exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc.
forgive and forget — be reconciled
formal equivalence — the relation that holds between two open sentences when their universal closures are materially equivalent
fuel-saving device — a device that increases the fuel efficiency of a vehicle, so that it uses less fuel for a further distance
galvanic corrosion — Galvanic corrosion is a type of corrosion caused by bringing together two different metals, one of which corrodes more rapidly than it would alone while the other corrodes less rapidly.
general relativity — the state or fact of being relative.
generative grammar — a linguistic theory that attempts to describe the tacit knowledge that a native speaker has of a language by establishing a set of explicit, formalized rules that specify or generate all the possible grammatical sentences of a language, while excluding all unacceptable sentences. Compare transformational grammar.
geneva conventions — 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.
give a person five — to greet or congratulate someone by slapping raised hands
give one's hand on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
give sb their head — If you give someone their head, you allow them to do what they want to do, without trying to advise or stop them.
give someone a row — to scold someone; tell someone off
give someone pause — to make someone hesitant or uncertain
give the game away — to reveal one's intentions or a secret
grand traverse bay — an inlet of Lake Michigan on the NW of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
gravitational lens — a heavy, dense body, as a galaxy, that lies along our line of sight to a more distant object, as a quasar, and whose gravitational field refracts the light of that object, splitting it into multiple images as seen from the earth.
gravitational mass — the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies.
gravitational pull — force of gravity
gravitational wave — (in general relativity) a propagating wave of gravitational energy produced by accelerating masses, especially during catastrophic events, as the gravitational collapse of massive stars.
gravity escapement — an escapement, used especially in large outdoor clocks, in which the impulse is given to the pendulum by means of a weight falling through a certain distance.
gulf saint vincent — a shallow inlet of SE South Australia, to the east of the Yorke Peninsula: salt industry
gulliver's travels — a social and political satire (1726) by Jonathan Swift, narrating the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to four imaginary regions: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms.
haemorrhagic fever — any of a group of fevers, such as Ebola virus disease and yellow fever, characterized by internal bleeding or bleeding into the skin
half-open interval — a set of numbers between two given numbers but including only one endpoint.
have (got) it made — to be assured of success
have a hand in sth — If you have a hand in something such as an event or activity, you are involved in it.
have a screw loose — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
have a slate loose — to be eccentric or crazy
have a thing about — If you have a thing about someone or something, you have very strong feelings about them.
have by the throat — to have compete control over (a person or thing)
have eyes only for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
have got to do sth — You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the 'have' is sometimes omitted.
have money to burn — to have more money than one needs, so that some can be spent foolishly
have no hesitation — If you say that you have no hesitation in doing something, you are emphasizing that you will do it immediately or willingly because you are certain that it is the right thing to do.
have on one's back — to be burdened with
have one's ears on — the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
have one's moments — If you say that someone or something has their moments, you are indicating that there are times when they are successful or interesting, but that this does not happen very often.
have the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
have two left feet — to be very clumsy
have what it takes — be able or qualified for sth
have words with sb — If one person has words with another, or if two or more people have words, they have a serious discussion or argument, especially because one has complained about the other's behaviour.
have/be to do with — If you say that one thing has something to do with or is something to do with another thing, you mean that the two things are connected or that the first thing is about the second thing.
heavy middleweight — a professional wrestler weighing 177–187 pounds (81–85 kg)
heimlich manoeuvre — a technique in first aid to dislodge a foreign body in a person's windpipe by applying sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen
hemidemisemiquaver — a sixty-fourth note.
herring bone weave — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
hit-and-run driver — sb: leaves accident scene
hold a reservation — If a hotel holds a reservation, it keeps a room for someone, and does not give it to someone else.
homelands movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands

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