18-letter words containing ov
- all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
- an overgrown child — an adult whose behaviour is characteristic of a child
- bend over backward — to try to an unusual degree (to please, pacify, etc.)
- board of governors — a group of people who oversee the running of a school
- bosnia-herzegovina — a country in SE Europe; a constituent republic of Yugoslavia until 1991; in a state of civil war (1992–95); Serbian and Croatian forces were also involved: mostly barren and mountainous, with forests in the east. Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian (formerly all regarded together as Serbo-Croat). Religion: Muslim, Serbian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic. Currency: marka (pegged to the euro). Capital: Sarajevo. Pop: 3 875 723 (2013 est). Area: 51 129 sq km (19 737 sq miles)
- brothers karamazov — a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky.
- cabinet government — parliamentary government.
- central government — the government of a state or country
- cerenkov radiation — radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light through that medium
- collision coverage — Collision coverage is insurance cover for vehicle accidents.
- digital switchover — the process of changing the method of transmitting television from analogue to digital format
- electrovalent bond — a type of chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains the electron to form a negative ion. The resulting ions are held together by electrostatic attraction
- elizabeth petrovna — 1709-62; empress of Russia (1741-62): daughter of Peter I
- euglenoid movement — the expansion and contraction of the cell body of various flagellates
- federal government — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- government deficit — A government deficit is a situation in which a government spends more money than it has.
- government housing — housing owned and managed by the federal or state government, which is rented out to tenants, esp as a form of affordable housing
- governor's council — a council chosen to assist or inform a governor on legislative or executive matters.
- homelands movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
- intention movement — behavior that is preparatory to another behavior, as a crouch before a leap.
- inventory turnover — Inventory turnover is a measure of the efficiency of a company, that is calculated by dividing the cost of goods sold by average inventory.
- italian provincial — designating or of a style of rural, Italian furniture of the 18th and 19th cent., with straight lines and simple decoration, usually of fruitwood or mahogany
- limited government — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
- love-lies-bleeding — an amaranth, especially Amaranthus caudatus, having spikes of crimson flowers.
- maksutov telescope — a reflecting telescope in which coma and spherical aberration are reduced to a minimum by a combination of a spherical mirror and a meniscus lens placed inside the radius of curvature of the mirror.
- maritime provinces — region in Canada
- mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- move the goalposts — to change the aims of an activity to ensure the desired results
- movers and shakers — a person or thing that moves.
- moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
- neovascularization — the development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease.
- non-self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- nova scotia salmon — an Atlantic salmon, especially from the waters off Nova Scotia, cured in the local manner.
- one false move and — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
- operation overlord — the codename for the Allied invasion (June 1944) of northern France
- ovariohysterectomy — Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus.
- over and done with — If you say that something is over and done with, you mean that it is completely finished and you do not have to think about it any more.
- over the long term — in the future
- over-conscientious — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- over-extrapolation — to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
- over-pronunciation — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
- overcapitalization — The state of being overcapitalized.
- overdraft facility — a facility (of a bank or building-society cheque account) that allows a withdrawal of money in excess of the account's credit balance
- overdraft interest — interest charged on money withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
- overgeneralization — the act or process of overgeneralizing.
- overhead projector — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- overinterpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
- overnight telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.
- overpressurization — pressure in excess of normal atmospheric pressure, as that caused by an explosion's shock wave or created in an accelerating airplane.
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