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16-letter words containing v, u

  • companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
  • constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
  • contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
  • counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
  • counterintuitive — (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense
  • countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
  • counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
  • couvade syndrome — a psychosomatic condition in which the spouse or partner of a pregnant woman experiences symptoms of childbirth or pregnancy
  • curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
  • currier and ives — any of a 19th-cent. series of prints showing the manners, people, and events of the times
  • customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
  • david g farragut — David Glasgow, 1801–70, U.S. admiral: won the battles of New Orleans and Mobile Bay for the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
  • defective number — a positive number that is greater than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 10, which is greater than the sum of 1, 2, and 5.
  • digestive juices — fluids secreted in the stomach or intestines that assist in the digestion of food
  • distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
  • diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
  • divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
  • dominus vobiscum — the Lord be with you.
  • driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
  • drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
  • dumont d'urville — Jules Sébastien César [zhyl sey-bas-tyan sey-zar] /ʒül seɪ basˈtyɛ̃ seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), 1790–1842, French naval officer: explored South Pacific and Antarctic.
  • eager evaluation — Any evaluation strategy where evaluation of some or all function arguments is started before their value is required. A typical example is call-by-value, where all arguments are passed evaluated. The opposite of eager evaluation is call-by-need where evaluation of an argument is only started when it is required. The term "speculative evaluation" is very close in meaning to eager evaluation but is applied mostly to parallel architectures whereas eager evaluation is used of both sequential and parallel evaluators. Eager evaluation does not specify exactly when argument evaluation takes place - it might be done fully speculatively (all redexes in the program reduced in parallel) or may be done by the caller just before the function is entered. The term "eager evaluation" was invented by Carl Hewitt and Henry Baker <[email protected]> and used in their paper ["The Incremental Garbage Collection of Processes", Sigplan Notices, Aug 1977. ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/Futures.html]. It was named after their "eager beaver" evaluator. See also conservative evaluation, lenient evaluation, strict evaluation.
  • elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
  • evacuation route — An evacuation route is a way to get out of a building if there is an emergency, such as a fire.
  • executive lounge — a room in an airport in which people who are travelling first class can wait for their flight in comfort
  • executive member — a member of an executive committee
  • executive relief — sexual intercourse or masturbation
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • filterable virus — a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus.
  • find favour with — to be approved of by someone
  • flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • four-leaf clover — a clover leaf having four leaflets instead of the usual three, purported to bring good luck.
  • four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
  • gnu archive site — (body)   The main GNU FTP archive is on gnu.org but copies ("mirrors") of some or all of the files there are also held on many other computers around the world. To avoid overloading gnu.org and the Internet you should FTP files from the machine closest to yours. Look for a directory like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
  • government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
  • government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
  • grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
  • green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
  • have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
  • have been around — be experienced
  • have issues with — If someone has issues with a particular aspect of their life, they have problems connected with it.
  • have no business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • heir presumptive — a person who is expected to be the heir but whose expectations may be canceled by the birth of a nearer heir.
  • hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
  • hot stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
  • hot-stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
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