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17-letter words containing v, r, o, t

  • supernova remnant — an expanding shell of gas, with accompanying strong radio and x-ray emissions, produced by a supernova.
  • telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
  • television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
  • television screen — the flat vertical surface in a television set on which pictures are shown
  • terminal velocity — Physics. the velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity. the maximum velocity of a body falling through a viscous fluid.
  • the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  • thought-provoking — If something such as a book or a film is thought-provoking, it contains interesting ideas that make people think seriously.
  • to have a tin ear — If you say that someone has a tin ear for something, you mean that they do not have any natural ability for it and cannot appreciate or understand it fully.
  • tongue-and-groove — the technique of making a joint between two boards by means of a tongue along the edge of one board that fits into a groove along the edge of the other board
  • touch a raw nerve — If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.
  • traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
  • traffic violation — driving offence
  • transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
  • travancore-cochin — a former Indian state that was a merger of Travancore and Cochin, two former princely states of India, and which became part of Kerala state in 1956
  • travelling people — Gypsies or other itinerant people: a term used esp by such people of themselves
  • turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
  • twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
  • uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
  • vacuum aspiration — menstrual extraction.
  • vacuum extraction — applying suction to a baby's head during birth to help it emerge
  • valence electrons — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
  • variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
  • velvet revolution — the peaceful overthrow of Czechoslovakia's communist government in late 1989
  • vernacularization — to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
  • vertical mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
  • victor emmanuel i — 1759–1824, king of Sardinia 1802–21.
  • victoriano huerta — Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
  • visitation rights — the legal right granted to a divorced or separated parent to visit a child in the custody of the other parent.
  • visitors' gallery — a balcony in a building such as a parliament or court where members of the public can sit
  • vittore carpaccio — Vittore [veet-taw-re] /vitˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1525, Venetian painter.
  • voice recognition — the control of a computer system by a voice or voices that the computer has been instructed to accept
  • voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
  • voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
  • voltage regulator — a device that controls or maintains the voltage of an electrical circuit. Abbreviation: VR.
  • warsaw convention — a multilateral treaty on aviation set up chiefly to limit air carriers' liability to passengers and shippers on international flights in the event of an accident.
  • wave-cut platform — a flat surface at the base of a cliff formed by erosion by waves
  • wood preservative — a coating applied to timber as a protection against decay, insects, weather, etc
  • worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
  • yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)
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