17-letter words containing v, e, h, i
- reverse lightning — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
- reza shah pahlavi — Muhammad Riza (or Reza) [ri-zah] /rɪˈzɑ/ (Show IPA), 1919–80, shah of Iran 1941–79; in exile after 1979 (son of Riza Shah Pahlavi).
- squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
- state the obvious — point out sth already evident
- substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
- telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
- television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
- the alpine valley — a straight fracture on the moon that cuts the Alps in two
- the beehive state — Utah
- the driver's seat — the position of control or dominance
- the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
- the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
- the seven sisters — a group of seven liberal arts colleges in the north-eastern United States, comprised of Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley Colleges; they were all founded as institutions for women, although Radclife and Vassar are no longer solely for female students.
- the tet offensive — an offensive launched in January–February 1968 by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. Coinciding with the first day of the Tet, it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, including Saigon
- the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
- the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- to have a mind to — If you have a mind to do something, you want, intend, or choose to do it.
- to have a tin ear — If you say that someone has a tin ear for something, you mean that they do not have any natural ability for it and cannot appreciate or understand it fully.
- to have it in you — If you have it in you, you have abilities and skills which you do not usually use and which only show themselves in a difficult situation.
- travancore-cochin — a former Indian state that was a merger of Travancore and Cochin, two former princely states of India, and which became part of Kerala state in 1956
- twelve patriarchs — any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
- vaginal discharge — emission from the female genitalia
- vehicle emissions — substances emitted from a vehicle as a result of internal combustion
- vehicle insurance — Vehicle insurance is insurance purchased for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other road vehicles.
- veiltail goldfish — an artificially bred, indoor variety of goldfish, usually golden or calico and of a spheroid shape, having a fully divided, drooping tail fin exceeding the body in length.
- ventilation shaft — a shaft in a mine, tunnel, or building used for providing ventilation or fresh air
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- victoriano huerta — Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
- vulcan death grip — (jargon) A variant of Vulcan nerve pinch derived from a Star Trek classic epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk.
- west three rivers — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- white-pine weevil — a brown beetle, Pissodes strobi, the larvae of which feed on the terminal buds and shoots of white pine and other conifers.
- white-winged dove — a common dove, Zenaida asiatica, of the southwestern U.S. to Chile.
- wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
- with a heavy hand — in a heavy manner; without delicacy or grace