16-letter words containing v, e, n, t, r, o
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- junior executive — a trainee position in a business or organization
- kiloelectronvolt — (physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts.
- kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- macroenvironment — (biology) The large-scale and long-term environment and conditions that affect an organism.
- magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
- mind over matter — You can use the expression mind over matter to describe situations in which a person seems to be able to control events, physical objects, or the condition of their own body using their mind.
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
- network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
- neurodevelopment — The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- noise prevention — the prevention of annoying or harmful noise in an environment
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- non-interpretive — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- non-intervention — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
- non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- oculomotor nerve — either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.
- on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
- over the counter — If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.
- over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher