20-letter words containing v, o

live high on the hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
live on one's nerves — If someone is living on their nerves, they are continually worried and anxious about the situation that they are in.
love's labour's lost — a comedy (1594–95?) by Shakespeare.
lutherville-timonium — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
make love to someone — to have sexual intercourse with someone
manuel avila camacho — Manuel Ávila [mah-nwel ah-vee-lah] /mɑˈnwɛl ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA). Manuel Avila Camacho.
master of the revels — an English court official from the late 15th to early 18th centuries responsible to the Lord Chamberlain for overseeing and paying for court entertainments.
maternal deprivation — the lack of a mother in a child's life, considered a cause of psychological problems later in life
medieval warm period — the time, c900–1400, during which warmer temperatures existed in many parts of the world. Abbreviation: MWP.
microsoft sql server — (database) A relational database management system (RDBMS) which is part of Microsoft's BackOffice family of servers. SQL Server was designed for client/server use and is accessed by applications using SQL. It runs on Windows NT version 3.5 or higher and is compliant with the ANSI SQL-92 and FIPS 127-2 SQL standards. SQL Server supports symmetric multiprocessing hardware; SNMP, ODBC, and major open standard communications protocols. It has Internet integration, data replication, and data warehousing features. Microsoft SQL Server was originally developed by Sybase Corporation but the cooperation was broken sometime [when?] before version 6.0.
microwave background — a background of microwave electromagnetic radiation with a black-body spectrum discovered in 1965, understood to be the thermal remnant of the big bang with which the universe began
model-view-presenter — (programming) (MVP) A user interface architectural pattern where functions are separated between the model, view and presenter. The model defines the data to be displayed or otherwise acted upon in the user interface. The view displays data from the model and routes user commands (events) to the presenter to act upon that data. The presenter retrieves data from the model and displays it in the view. The implementation of MVP can vary as to how much presentation logic is handled by the presenter and the view. In a web application most presentation logic is usually in the view which runs in the web browser. MVP is one of the MV* variations of the MVC pattern.
modify a reservation — If you modify a reservation, you change a detail of a booking because someone who has booked a room has asked you to.
multiplicative group — a group in which the operation of the group is multiplication.
multipurpose vehicle — a large car, similar to a van, designed to carry up to eight passengers
mum-and-dad investor — a small-scale non-professional investor
nikkei stock average — an index of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
no love lost between — no liking or affection existing between
non-volatile storage — (storage) (NVS, persistent storage, memory) A term describing a storage device whose contents are preserved when its power is off. Storage using magnetic media (e.g. magnetic disks, magnetic tape or bubble memory) is normally non-volatile by nature whereas semiconductor memories (static RAM and especially dynamic RAM) are normally volatile but can be made into non-volatile storage by having a (rechargable) battery permanently connected. Other examples of non-volatile storage are EEPROM, CD-ROM, paper tape and punched cards.
nondirective therapy — client-centered therapy.
nonintrusive testing — (testing) Testing that is transparent to the software under test, i.e., does not change its timing or processing characteristics. Nonintrusive testing usually involves additional hardware that collects timing or processing information and processes that information on another platform.
north canadian river — a river in NE New Mexico, E Texas, and E Oklahoma, flowing SE to the Canadian River. 760 miles (1223 km) long.
not have the stomach — If you have no stomach for something, you do not have the courage to do it.
objective complement — object complement.
objective relativism — the doctrine that knowledge of real objects is relative to the individual.
obsessive-compulsive — of or relating to a personality style characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern with detail, rigidity, and inhibition.
of value/of no value — If something is of value, it is useful or important. If it is of no value, it has no usefulness or importance.
on everyone's tongue — prevailing as common gossip
on o's best behavior — If someone is on their best behavior, they are trying very hard to behave well.
operator overloading — overloading
oscillating universe — a variant model of the closed universe in which the universe undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction.
ostensive definition — the definition of a term by pointing to one or more examples to which the term can be applied.
over-intellectualize — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
overenthusiastically — With excessive enthusiasm.
overseer of the poor — a minor official of a parish attached to the workhouse or poorhouse
ovo-lacto vegetarian — a vegetarian who eats eggs and dairy products
ovo-lacto-vegetarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
palos verdes estates — a town in S California.
patent foramen ovale — a congenital heart defect resulting from failure of the foramen ovale to close shortly after birth.
pave the way for sth — If one thing paves the way for another, it creates a situation in which it is possible or more likely that the other thing will happen.
period of revolution — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
philoprogenitiveness — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
photoconductive cell — Electronics. a photocell whose resistance varies according to the intensity of light falling on it.
political convention — a meeting of a political party, esp to select party candidates
polyvinylidene resin — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the polymerization or copolymerization of a polyvinylidene compound, used similarly to the polyvinyl resins.
polyvinylpyrrolidone — a white, amorphous, water-soluble powder, (C 6 H 9 NO) n , used chiefly as a vehicle in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
population inversion — a condition of matter in which more electrons are in a high energy state than in a lower energy state, as is required for the operation of a laser.
porcupine provisions — provisions, such as poison pills or staggered directorships, made in the bylaws of a company to deter takeover bids
positive electricity — the electricity present in a body or substance that has a deficiency of electrons, as the electricity developed on glass when rubbed with silk.
possessive adjective — See at possessive (def 4a).

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