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16-letter words containing v, e, r, m, i

  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • preemptive right — a privilege given to an existing shareholder to buy a portion of a new stock issue at the offering price on a pro-rata per-share basis.
  • premier division — a football or soccer league division consisting of the top ten Scottish football teams
  • presumptive heir — heir presumptive.
  • 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.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
  • proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
  • rear-view mirror — a mirror mounted on the side, windshield, or instrument panel of an automobile or other vehicle to provide the driver with a view of the area behind the vehicle.
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
  • relative maximum — maximum (def 4a).
  • relative minimum — minimum (def 5a).
  • relative-maximum — maximum (def 4a).
  • relatively prime — (mathematics)   Having no common divisors (greater than 1). Two numbers are said to be relativey prime if there is no number greater than unity that divides both of them evenly. For example, 10 and 33 are relativly prime. 15 and 33 are not relatively prime, since 3 is a divisor of both.
  • salivary amylase — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
  • 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
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
  • 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
  • silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
  • terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
  • tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
  • top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
  • trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • valles marineris — a canyon on Mars, 3100 miles (5000 km) in length, named after the Mariner spacecraft.
  • 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.
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • visibility meter — any instrument for measuring the visual range through the atmosphere, as a transmissometer.
  • visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
  • visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
  • 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.
  • wimp environment — WIMP
  • yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.
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