17-letter words containing v, r, e, g
- activation energy — the least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction.
- active ingredient — the part of a substance or compound that produces its chemical or biological effect
- adaptive learning — (algorithm) (Or "Hebbian learning") Learning where a system programs itself by adjusting weights or strengths until it produces the desired output.
- agent provocateur — An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
- aggravated murder — a murder made more serious by its violent circumstances
- answering service — a business that answers telephone calls on behalf of another business or organization, taking messages from and providing information to callers
- api gravity scale — the American Petroleum Institute gravity scale: a universally accepted scale of the relative density of fluids that is used in fuel technology and is measured in degrees API. One degree API is equal to (141.5/d)–131.5, where d = relative density at 288.7K
- argumentativeness — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- average deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
- average seek time — (storage) The mean time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from one track to another, averaged over the source and destination cylinders. Usually measured in milliseconds (ms). The average seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive in a multi-user environment where successive read/write request are largely uncorrelated. Ten ms is common for a hard disk and 200 ms for an eight-speed CD-ROM.
- avogadro's number — the constant, 6.022 × 10 23 , representing the number of atoms, molecules, or ions in one mole of a substance. Symbol: N. Compare gram-atom, gram molecule.
- belleville spring — a spring having the form of a washer or dished disk with an open center, used for cushioning heavy loads with short motion.
- breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
- brighton and hove — a city and unitary authority in S England, in East Sussex. Pop: 251 500 (2003 est). Area: 72 sq km (28 sq miles)
- broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
- cantilever bridge — a bridge having spans that are constructed as cantilevers and often a suspended span or spans, each end of which rests on one end of a cantilever span
- center of gravity — The center of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
- centre of gravity — The centre of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
- chinese evergreen — a tropical Asian plant, Aglaonema modestum, of the arum family, often grown indoors, in water or soil, for its glossy green foliage.
- civil engineering — Civil engineering is the planning, design, and building of roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.
- coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
- cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
- congo-brazzaville — a republic in W Central Africa: formerly the French colony of Middle Congo, part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960; consists mostly of equatorial forest, with savanna and extensive swamps; drained chiefly by the Rivers Congo and Ubangi. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: franc. Capital: Brazzaville. Pop: 4 492 689 (2013 est). Area: 342 000 sq km (132 018 sq miles)
- converged network — (networking) A single network that can carry voice, video and data.
- corporate village — an area close to the workplace where many everyday facilities are provided for a company's workers
- cracking severity — Cracking severity is the temperature used in a cracking process to yield a product, higher temperatures being used to produce ethane and benzene, and lower temperatures to produce propene and liquid products.
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- dangerous driving — the act of driving a motor vehicle in a manner that falls far below that expected of a competent and careful driver and hence puts the life of the driver and the lives of other road users at risk
- deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
- designated driver — The designated driver in a group of people travelling together is the one who has agreed to drive, or who is insured to drive.
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- dow jones average — The Dow Jones Average is a daily measurement of stock-exchange prices, based on the average price of a selected number of securities.
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
- emergency service — a department within a bigger organization that deals with emergencies
- energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
- explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
- geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- give free rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- give to the world — to publish
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
- government broker — the government-appointed stockbroker whose job is to sell government securities on the stock exchange, as instructed by the Bank of England
- great rift valley — a series of rift valleys running from N to S, from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa.
- great vowel shift — a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).
- greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
- gross value added — the aggregate of values added throughout an economy, which represents that economy's gross domestic product
- gustavo a. madero — official name of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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