19-letter words containing v, o, r, s
- energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
- evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
- farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
- fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
- floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
- get on one's nerves — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
- glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
- goods received note — a document created by a buyer on receipt of merchandise and which describes each good and details the quantity of each received
- haul over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- have a nose for sth — If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
- have a weakness for — be fond of
- herpes zoster virus — a type of herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
- hudson river school — a group of American painters of the mid-19th century whose works are characterized by a highly romantic treatment of landscape, especially along the Hudson River.
- hyperresponsiveness — An abnormally increased responsiveness, especially that due to hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity.
- immersion objective — a microscope objective of high resolving power in which the space between the front lens and the cover glass is filled with an oil whose index of refraction is close to that of the objective and the cover glass.
- incomprehensiveness — The condition of being incomprehensive.
- information service — a service which provides information
- internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
- interval estimation — the process of estimating a parameter of a given population by specifying an interval of values and the probability that the true value of the parameter falls within this interval.
- invasion of privacy — an encroachment upon the right to be let alone or to be free from publicity.
- inver grove heights — a town in SE Minnesota.
- it serves you right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- japanese arborvitae — a Japanese evergreen tree, Thuja standishii, having spreading branches with bright-green leaves.
- lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- liouville's theorem — the theorem that every function of a complex variable, bounded and differentiable for all finite values of the variable, is a constant function.
- locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
- lose your virginity — When you lose your virginity, you have sex for the first time.
- love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
- major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
- massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
- matthias i corvinus — ?1440–90, king of Hungary (1458–90): built up the most powerful kingdom in Central Europe. A patron of Renaissance art, he founded the Corvina library, one of the finest in Europe
- maturation division — a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair.
- memory like a sieve — a very poor memory
- mild silver protein — a compound of silver and a protein, applied to mucous membranes as a mild antiseptic.
- minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
- montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
- most favored nation — a nation to which privileges of trade are extended under a government policy of giving the same privileges to all nations that are given to any one of them, sometimes depending on whether certain conditions, as of reciprocity, are met
- most-favored-nation — of or relating to the status, treatment, terms, etc., that are embodied in or conferred by a most-favored-nation clause.
- motivation research — the application of the knowledge and techniques of the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, to understanding consumer attitudes and behavior: used as a guide in advertising and marketing.
- moving spirit/force — The moving spirit or moving force behind something is the person or thing that caused it to start and to keep going, or that influenced people to take part in it.
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
- new york university — (NYU) Established in 1831, New York University today includes thirteen schools, colleges and divisions located in New York City's borough of Manhattan, as well as research centers and programs in the surrounding suburbs and abroad.
- no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
- non-interventionism — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
- north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- observation balloon — a balloon that is used for gathering information and reconnaissance purposes and spotting aircraft