17-letter words containing v, e, r, n, a

net present value — an assessment of the long-term profitability of a project made by adding together all the revenue it can be expected to achieve over its whole life and deducting all the costs involved, discounting both future costs and revenue at an appropriate rate
neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
never looked back — If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on.
new age traveller — New Age travellers are people who live in tents and vehicles and travel from place to place, and who reject many of the values of modern society.
nikita khrushchev — Nikita S(ergeyevich) [ni-kee-tuh sur-gey-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kyee-tuh syir-gye-yuh-vyich] /nɪˈki tə sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪˈkyi tə syɪrˈgyɛ yə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.
non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
non-authoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
non-controversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
non-retroactivity — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
nonrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
observation tower — lookout, observation point
odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
over-appreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
over-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
overconcentration — the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
oversquare engine — An oversquare engine is an engine which has a cylinder bore that is larger than its stroke.
palace revolution — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
parallel universe — Physics. any of a hypothetical collection of undetectable universes that are like our known universe but have branched off from our universe due to a quantum-level event. See also multiverse.
parts of kesteven — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
passive restraint — a safety device, as an air bag or special seat belt, that is activated automatically to protect an automobile passenger at the moment of impact when a collision occurs.
pauline privilege — (in canon law) the privilege given to converts to dissolve a marriage with an unbaptized spouse if either obstructs the religious practices of the other.
peripheral vision — all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.
photoreactivation — a process that repairs DNA damaged by ultraviolet light using an enzyme that requires visible light.
pluvius insurance — insurance against rain
potential divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
prairie provinces — the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, which lie in the N Great Plains region of North America: the chief wheat and petroleum producing area of Canada
pre-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
pre-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
private education — education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
private ownership — the fact of being owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
private placement — a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
pro forma invoice — an invoice issued before an order is placed or before the goods are delivered giving all the details and the cost of the goods
pro-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
promotional event — occasion organized to market or advertise sth
provincial police — (in Canada) the police force of a province, esp Ontario or Quebec
quantity surveyor — A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road.
received standard — the form of educated English spoken originally in southern England and having Received Pronunciation as a chief distinguishing feature.
receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
recursive acronym — (convention) A hackish (and especially MIT) tradition is to choose acronyms and abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other acronyms or abbreviations. The classic examples were two MIT editors called EINE ("EINE Is Not Emacs") and ZWEI ("ZWEI Was EINE Initially"). More recently, there is a Scheme compiler called LIAR (Liar Imitates Apply Recursively), and GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix!" - and a company with the name CYGNUS, which expands to "Cygnus, Your GNU Support". See also mung.
relative pathname — (file system) A path relative to the working directory. Its first character can be anything but the pathname separator.
remittance advice — a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to let them know that their invoice has been paid

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