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16-letter words containing v, i, r, g, n, a

  • prevenient grace — divine grace operating on the human will prior to its turning to God.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
  • relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
  • right-hand drive — A right-hand drive vehicle has its steering wheel on the right side. It is designed to be driven in countries such as Britain, Japan, and Australia where people drive on the left side of the road.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • tarragon vinegar — a white vinegar flavoured with the herb tarragon, used in cooking, esp in salad dressings
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
  • trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
  • vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
  • vertical tasting — a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.
  • viceregal assent — the formal signing of an act of parliament by a governor general, by which it becomes law
  • virginia cowslip — a perennial woodland plant (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family, native to E North America and having clusters of blue or purple, bell-shaped flowers
  • virginia creeper — a climbing plant, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of the grape family, native to North America, having palmate leaves, usually with five leaflets, and bluish-black berries.
  • virginia tobacco — a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia
  • visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
  • visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
  • wind river range — a mountain range in W Wyoming, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Gannett Peak, 13,785 feet (4202 meters).
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