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19-letter words containing v, e, a, l, c, r

  • elevator controller — An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like toaster (which superseded it). During one period (1983--84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardisation committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment. "You can't require "printf(3)" to be part of the default run-time library - what if you're targeting an elevator controller?" Elevator controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides of several holy wars.
  • evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
  • full-wave rectifier — a rectifier that transmits both halves of a cycle of alternating current as a direct current.
  • geneva nomenclature — an internationally accepted system for naming organic carbon compounds.
  • half wave rectifier — A half wave rectifier removes the negative component of an alternating signal leaving only the positive part.
  • half-wave rectifier — a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current.
  • haul over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
  • hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
  • internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
  • intervertebral disc — any of the cartilaginous discs between individual vertebrae, acting as shock absorbers
  • lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
  • mercury-vapour lamp — a lamp in which an electric discharge through a low pressure of mercury vapour is used to produce a greenish-blue light. It is used for street lighting and is also a source of ultraviolet radiation
  • mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
  • national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
  • neville chamberlain — (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
  • over-commercialized — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • particular negative — a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” Symbol: O.
  • private first class — a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.
  • professional advice — advice given by someone trained in a particular and relevant profession or job
  • radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
  • rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
  • rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
  • reciprocal leveling — leveling between two widely separated points in which observations are made in both directions to eliminate the effects of atmospheric refraction and the curvature of the earth.
  • relative complement — the set of elements contained in a given set that are not elements of another specified set.
  • removable cartridge — a hard disk enclosed in a case that can be removed from the disk drive, having more storage than floppy disks.
  • renaissance revival — a mid-Victorian architectural style adapting the classical forms of 15th- and 16th-century Italian architecture, especially palace architecture, usually characterized by blocklike massing, with refined classicized decorative detail around regularly organized windows.
  • republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  • reverse charge call — callee pays fees
  • reversible reaction — a reaction that, depending on ambient conditions, can proceed in either of two directions: the production of the reaction products from the reactants, or the production of the original reactants from the formed reaction products. Compare equilibrium (def 4).
  • roosevelt corollary — a corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting that the U.S. might intervene in the affairs of an American republic threatened with seizure or intervention by a European country.
  • salvage archaeology — the collection of archaeological data and materials from a site in danger of imminent destruction, as from new construction or flooding.
  • soviet central asia — the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
  • special air service — a regiment in the British Army specializing in clandestine operations
  • stochastic variable — a random variable.
  • theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
  • universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
  • vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
  • vertical stabilizer — the fixed vertical surface of an aircraft empennage, to which the rudder is hinged.
  • vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
  • vicariate apostolic — a district under the jurisdiction of a vicar apostolic.
  • victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • virginia-rail-fence — snake fence.
  • voltaic electricity — electric current; moving electric charges.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
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