18-letter words containing v, a

talk of the devil! — used when an absent person who has been the subject of conversation appears
tardive dyskinesia — a disorder characterized by restlessness and involuntary rolling of the tongue or twitching of the face, trunk, or limbs, usually occurring as a complication of long-term therapy with antipsychotic drugs.
teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
television station — station (def 8).
tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
thiruvananthapuram — a state in SW India: formerly the regions of Travancore and Cochin. 15,005 sq. mi. (38,836 sq. km). Capital: Thiruvananthapuram.
thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
three-day eventing — participation in a three day equestrian competition consisting of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping
to be above ground — to be alive
to one's advantage — If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.
to play favourites — to display favouritism
to save one's life — If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to take a dim view — If you take a dim view or a poor view of someone or something, you disapprove of them or have a low opinion of them.
too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
transverse process — a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra.
transverse section — cross section (def 1).
transylvanian alps — a mountain range in S Romania; a SW extension of the Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Negoiu, 2548 m (8360 ft)
traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
traveller's cheque — Traveller's cheques are cheques that you buy at a bank and take with you when you travel, for example so that you can exchange them for the currency of the country that you are in.
travelling library — a mobile library in which a vehicle such as a van delivers books to be borrowed
tristimulus values — three values that together are used to describe a colour and are the amounts of three reference colours that can be mixed to give the same visual sensation as the colour considered
turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
ulcerative colitis — chronic ulceration in the large intestine, characterized by painful abdominal cramps and profuse diarrhea containing pus, blood, and mucus.
ultraviolet filter — a filter used on a lens to absorb ultraviolet radiation that may impart an undesirable blue cast to a photograph.
united states navy — the permanent or regular naval force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USN.
universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
universal debugger — (tool, parallel) (udb) KSR's interactive source level debugger for serial and parallel programs written in KSR, Fortran, KSR C and KSR1 assembly language. Udb is a source level debugger for testing and debugging serial and parallel programs; it is compatible with GDB and dbx. The user can direct udb either by typing commands or graphically through an X-based window interface; the latter provides simultaneous display of source code, I/O and instructions. For parallel programs, operations can be carried out per-thread.
universal language — an auxiliary language that is used and understood everywhere.
universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
universal suffrage — suffrage for all persons over a certain age, usually 18 or 21, who in other respects satisfy the requirements established by law.
universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
valle de la pascua — a city in N Venezuela.
vanadium pentoxide — a yellow to red crystalline compound, V 2 O 5 , slightly soluble in water, used as a catalyst for organic reactions, in glass to absorb ultraviolet radiation, and as a photographic developer.
vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
venezia tridentina — a former department in N Italy, now forming the greater part of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige.
venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
vermiform appendix — a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.
veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
vicar of wakefield — a novel (1766) by Goldsmith.
victor emmanuel ii — 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.

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