16-letter words containing v, e, r, m, i, c
- over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- over-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- over-romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
- primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
- primitive church — the early Christian church, especially in reference to its earliest form and organization.
- same-day service — (humour, operating system) An ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with respect to MS-DOS system calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute). Such response time is a major incentive for programmers to write programs that are not well-behaved. See also PC-ism.
- selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
- semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- service families — families which have a member serving in the armed forces
- severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
- vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
- victimless crime — a legal offense, as prostitution or gambling, to which all participating parties have consented.
- visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- voice of america — the division of the United States Information Agency that broadcasts daily programs of news and entertainment throughout the world. Abbreviation: VOA, V.O.A.
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.