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17-letter words containing v, i, d, e

  • dietrich von bern — Theodoric of Verona: the name of the eastern Gothic emperor Theodoric as it appears in German legends.
  • digestive biscuit — a round semisweet biscuit made from wholemeal flour
  • directory service — (database, networking)   A structured repository of information on people and resources within an organisation, facilitating management and communication. On a LAN or WAN the directory service identifies all aspects of the network including users, software, hardware, and the various rights and policies assigned to each. As a result applications can access information without knowing where a particular resource is physically located, and users interact oblivious to the network topology and protocols. To allow heterogeneous networks to share directory information the ITU proposed a common structure called X.500. However, its complexity and lack of seamless Internet support led to the development of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) which has continued to evolve under the aegis of the IETF. Despite its name LDAP is too closely linked to X.500 to be "lightweight".
  • disadvantagedness — The quality of being disadvantaged.
  • disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
  • disaster recovery — (business)   (DR) Planning and implementation of procedures and facilities for use when essential systems are not available for a period long enough to have a significant impact on the business, e.g. when the head office is blown up. Disasters include natural: fire, flood, lightning, hurricane; hardware: power failure, component failure, head crash; software failure: bugs, resources; vandalism: arson, bombing, cracking, theft; data corruption or loss: human error, media failure; communications: computer network equipment, network storm, telephones; security: passwords compromised, computer virus; legal: change in legislation; personnel: unavailability of essential staff, industrial action. Companies need to plan for disaster: before: risk analysis, preventive measures, training; during: how should staff and systems respond; after: recovery measures, post mortem analysis. Hardware can usually be replaced and is usually insured. Software and data needs to be backed up off site. Alternative communication systems should be arranged in case of network failure or inaccessible premises, e.g. emergency telephone number, home working, alternative data center.
  • discrete variable — a variable that may assume only a countable, and usually finite, number of values.
  • dispersive medium — a substance in which waves of different frequencies travel at different speeds
  • 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
  • drink-drive limit — the maximum blood alcohol level permitted for someone driving a vehicle
  • drive to the wall — to force into an awkward situation
  • drive up the wall — to cause to become crazy or furious
  • drive-by download — an incidence of an unwanted program being automatically downloaded to a computer, often without the user's knowledge
  • drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
  • employer-provided — Employer-provided insurance is arranged or funded by the organization for which the policyholder works.
  • fan-assisted oven — an electric oven in which a fan circulates the air and which uses both top and bottom heat
  • financial adviser — A financial adviser is someone whose job it is to advise people about financial products and services.
  • five-spice powder — a mixture of spices used especially in Chinese cooking, usually including cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, pepper, and star anise.
  • floppy disk drive — disk drive
  • forced convection — Forced convection is convection in which the movement of fluid does not happen naturally but is helped by a device such as a fan or pump.
  • forensic evidence — evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
  • front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
  • full-motion video — (video)   (FMV) Any kind of video that is theoretically capable of changing the entire content on the screen fast enough that the transitions are not obvious to the human eye, i.e. about 24 times a second or more. In practise most video encoding relies on the fact that in most video there is relatively little change from one frame to the next. This allows for compression of the video data. The term is used, chiefly in computer games, in contrast to techniques such as the use of sprites that move against a more-or-less fixed background.
  • giovanni demedici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
  • give the go-ahead — authorize sb to do sth
  • give to the world — to publish
  • grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
  • head of the river — any of various annual rowing regattas held on particular rivers
  • hit over the head — to strike on the head
  • hotel limo driver — A hotel limo driver is the person whose job it is to drive the hotel limo.
  • i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
  • immediate version — child version
  • incendiary device — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • indirect evidence — circumstantial evidence.
  • indistinctiveness — The quality of being indistinctive.
  • individual medley — a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay (def 2).
  • interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
  • internet provider — Internet Service Provider
  • into/in overdrive — If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
  • inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
  • invincible armada — Armada.
  • invisible mending — any form of repair, esp to clothing, in which the aim is to make the finished repair work undetectable
  • inward investment — Inward investment is the investment of money in a country by companies from outside that country.
  • job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
  • juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
  • juvenile offender — a child or young person who has been found guilty of some offence, act of vandalism, or antisocial behaviour before a juvenile court
  • laccadive islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: part of Lakshadweep territory
  • large-leaved lime — an ornamental European tree with small pale yellow flowers and which grown on lime-rich soils
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