17-letter words containing va
- acellular vaccine — a vaccine that contains cellular material but not complete cells, specifically, antigenic or allergenic parts of cells.
- activated alumina — a granular highly porous and adsorptive form of aluminium oxide, used for drying gases and as an oil-filtering material and catalyst
- activation energy — the least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction.
- activation record — (compiler) (Or "data frame", "stack frame") A data structure containing the variables belonging to one particular scope (e.g. a procedure body), as well as links to other activation records. Activation records are usually created (on the stack) on entry to a block and destroyed on exit. If a procedure or function may be returned as a result, stored in a variable and used in an outer scope then its activation record must be stored in a heap so that its variables still exist when it is used. Variables in the current scope are accessed via the frame pointer which points to the current activation record. Variables in an outer scope are accessed by following chains of links between activation records. There are two kinds of link - the static link and the dynamic link.
- advance directive — a living will or durable power of attorney in which a person states his or her wishes regarding medical treatment in the event of mental incompetency or an inability to communicate.
- advanced standing — the status of a student who has already completed some of the requirements of a course at another institution and thus is able to miss out some elements of the full course at his or her current university
- aggravated murder — a murder made more serious by its violent circumstances
- ambivalent sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- anti-conservatism — the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.
- anti-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- archconservatives — Plural form of archconservative.
- at a disadvantage — If you are at a disadvantage, you have a problem or difficulty that many other people do not have, which makes it harder for you to be successful.
- binocular rivalry — the phenomenon whereby one is unable to see simultaneously different images presented one to each eye; usually in some areas of the eye the image presented to the left eye is seen, in others that presented to the right eye
- castilla la nueva — Spanish name of New Castile.
- cavalier servente — a lover; suitor.
- cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
- coitus reservatus — the deliberate delaying or avoidance of orgasm during intercourse
- compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
- conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
- cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- disadvantagedness — The quality of being disadvantaged.
- disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
- discrete variable — a variable that may assume only a countable, and usually finite, number of values.
- eastern transvaal — Mpumalanga
- elevator operator — a person who operates a platform raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people from floor to floor in a building
- equivalence class — (mathematics) An equivalence class is a subset whose elements are related to each other by an equivalence relation. The equivalence classes of a set under some relation form a partition of that set (i.e. any two are either equal or disjoint and every element of the set is in some class).
- equivalent weight — the weight of an element or compound that will combine with or displace 8 grams of oxygen or 1.007 97 grams of hydrogen
- fair market value — The fair market value of an asset is what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller for it on the open market.
- freund's adjuvant — a water-in-oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund's incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund's complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen.
- geneva convention — one of a series of international agreements, first made in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864, establishing rules for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, the wounded, and the dead in battle.
- giovanni demedici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- gnu privacy guard —
- 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.
- gross value added — the aggregate of values added throughout an economy, which represents that economy's gross domestic product
- harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- homovanillic acid — the end product of dopamine metabolism, C 9 H 10 O 4 , found in human urine.
- household cavalry — (in Britain) cavalry units forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
- incremental value — increased value measured on an index or scale
- instance variable — (programming) In object-oriented programming, one of the variables of a class template which may have a different value for each object of that class. Instance variables hold the state of an object.
- interval estimate — the interval used as an estimate in interval estimation; a confidence interval.
- interval training — an exercise and training program in which each session consists of periods of intense exertion alternating with periods of rest or lighter exertion.
- ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- jehovah's witness — A Jehovah's Witness is a member of a religious organization which accepts some Christian ideas and believes that the world is going to end very soon.
- kvatro telecom as — (company) The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- maurice chevalier — Maurice (Auguste) [maw-rees aw-guh st;; French moh-rees oh-gyst] /mɔˈris ˈɔ gəst;; French moʊˈris oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, French actor and singer.
- mies van der rohe — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. architect, born in Germany.
- movable-do system — a system of solmization in which the syllable do can be transposed to the tonic of any key.
- naval air station — military airbase for the navy
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