17-letter words containing v, e, n, o, s
- david livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- demonstrativeness — The state or quality of being demonstrative.
- denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
- denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
- developmentalists — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
- disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
- disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
- dissolve in tears — weep
- domestic violence — physical abuse in the home
- dow jones average — The Dow Jones Average is a daily measurement of stock-exchange prices, based on the average price of a selected number of securities.
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
- energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- executive mansion — the White House (in Washington, D.C.), official home of the President of the U.S.
- executive session — a session of the Senate for the discussion of executive business, such as the ratification of treaties: formerly held in secret
- explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
- fall over oneself — to do everything within one's power
- fan-assisted oven — an electric oven in which a fan circulates the air and which uses both top and bottom heat
- foolscap envelope — an envelope of dimensions suitable to hold an unfolded sheet of foolscap paper
- for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
- forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
- get above oneself — If you say that someone is getting above themself, you disapprove of them because they think they are better than everyone else.
- give satisfaction — to satisfy
- give someone hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
- have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
- have no words for — to be incapable of describing
- home improvements — improvements to one's home, such as new kitchens and bathrooms, central heating etc
- hypoglossal nerve — either one of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the tongue.
- immediate version — child version
- immunosuppressive — capable of causing immunosuppression: immunosuppressive drugs.
- incomprehensively — In an incomprehensive manner.
- inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
- inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
- insectivorous bat — any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects. The group includes common bats (Myotis species), vampire bats, etc
- introspectiveness — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- inverse cotangent — arc cotangent.
- inversion casting — casting from an electric furnace inverted over the mold.
- inversion therapy — a method used to stretch and align the body, especially the lower back, by suspending the entire body upside down from an apparatus that grips or supports the feet or knees.
- inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
- investment income — income arising from business investments
- invisible exports — services sold to a foreign country or countries
- invisible imports — imports of services rather than goods
- irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
- it's now or never — If you say 'It's now or never', you mean that something must be done immediately, because if it is not done immediately there will not be another chance to do it.
- jehovah's witness — A Jehovah's Witness is a member of a religious organization which accepts some Christian ideas and believes that the world is going to end very soon.
- job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
- level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
- livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae