16-letter words containing se
- trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- under one's nose — directly in front of one
- underrepresented — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
- undersecretariat — a department or section of a ministry of which an under secretary is in charge.
- unrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- user-defined key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that can be used to carry out any of a limited number of predefined actions as selected by the user
- venereal disease — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
- viceregal assent — the formal signing of an act of parliament by a governor general, by which it becomes law
- vienna secession — thea Viennese movement of the late 19th and early 20th cent. in the arts and architecture, that rejected prevailing academic styles in favor of these of art nouveau
- voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
- wages settlement — an agreement over wages following negotiations between workers and employers
- war of secession — American Civil War.
- ward christensen — (person) The inventor of XMODEM and of the BBS. Ward did physics in college and programmed mainframes for IBM. Ward and friend Randy Suess set up their BBS on first on 1978-02-16 in Chicago. It ran on an S-100 computer with 64k RAM and two single-sided 8" 250kB diskettes.
- water-base paint — latex paint.
- welfare services — services that provide help with people's living conditions and financial problems
- well-ordered set — a totally ordered set in which every nonempty subset has a smallest element with the property that there is no element in the subset less than this smallest element.
- well-represented — having good or sufficient representation
- white settlement — a town in N Texas.
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild-goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wilson's disease — a rare hereditary disease in which copper accumulates in the brain and liver, gradually leading to tremors, muscular rigidity, kidney malfunction, and cognitive disturbances: marked by Kayser-Fleischer rings.
- without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.