20-letter words containing ve

north canadian river — a river in NE New Mexico, E Texas, and E Oklahoma, flowing SE to the Canadian River. 760 miles (1223 km) long.
not have the stomach — If you have no stomach for something, you do not have the courage to do it.
objective complement — object complement.
objective relativism — the doctrine that knowledge of real objects is relative to the individual.
obsessive-compulsive — of or relating to a personality style characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern with detail, rigidity, and inhibition.
on everyone's tongue — prevailing as common gossip
operator overloading — overloading
oscillating universe — a variant model of the closed universe in which the universe undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction.
ostensive definition — the definition of a term by pointing to one or more examples to which the term can be applied.
over-intellectualize — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
overenthusiastically — With excessive enthusiasm.
overseer of the poor — a minor official of a parish attached to the workhouse or poorhouse
ovo-lacto vegetarian — a vegetarian who eats eggs and dairy products
ovo-lacto-vegetarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
palos verdes estates — a town in S California.
pave the way for sth — If one thing paves the way for another, it creates a situation in which it is possible or more likely that the other thing will happen.
phillips screwdriver — a screwdriver that has a cross at the tip that is intended to be used with Phillips screws
phillips-screwdriver — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
philoprogenitiveness — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
photoconductive cell — Electronics. a photocell whose resistance varies according to the intensity of light falling on it.
political convention — a meeting of a political party, esp to select party candidates
population inversion — a condition of matter in which more electrons are in a high energy state than in a lower energy state, as is required for the operation of a laser.
positive electricity — the electricity present in a body or substance that has a deficiency of electrons, as the electricity developed on glass when rubbed with silk.
possessive adjective — See at possessive (def 4a).
post-order traversal — traversal
postal delivery zone — zone (def 10).
pound cost averaging — a method of accumulating capital by investing a fixed sum in a particular security at regular intervals, in order to achieve an average purchase price below the arithmetic average of the market prices on the purchase dates
practical imperative — (in Kantian ethics) the dictum that one should treat oneself and all humanity as an end and never as a means.
predicate nominative — (in Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case.
prescriptive grammar — an approach to grammar that is concerned with establishing norms of correct and incorrect usage and formulating rules based on these norms to be followed by users of the language.
preventive detention — the holding of someone in jail or in an institution because he or she is regarded as a danger to the community.
primitive polynomial — a polynomial that has content equal to 1. Compare content1 (def 11a).
princeton university — (body, education) Chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, Princeton was British North America's fourth college. First located in Elizabeth, then in Newark, the College moved to Princeton in 1756. The College was housed in Nassau Hall, newly built on land donated by Nathaniel and Rebeckah FitzRandolph. Nassau Hall contained the entire College for nearly half a century. The College was officially renamed Princeton University in 1896; five years later in 1900 the Graduate School was established. Fully coeducational since 1969, Princeton now enrolls approximately 6,400 students (4,535 undergraduates and 1,866 graduate students). The ratio of full-time students to faculty members (in full-time equivalents) is eight to one. Today Princeton's main campus in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township consists of more than 5.5 million square feet of space in 160 buildings on 600 acres. The University's James Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro consists of one million square feet of space in four complexes on 340 acres. As Mercer County's largest private employer and one of the largest in the Mercer/Middlesex/Somerset County region, with approximately 4,830 permanent employees - including more than 1,000 faculty members - the University plays a major role in the educational, cultural, and economic life of the region.
private investigator — private detective. Abbreviation: PI, p.i., P.I.
proactive inhibition — the tendency for earlier memories to interfere with the retrieval of material learned later
property development — the business of buying land and buildings and then making improvements to them so that their selling price exceeds the price paid for them
qualitative analysis — the analysis of a substance in order to ascertain the nature of its chemical constituents.
qualitative identity — the relation that holds between two relata that have properties in common. This term is used to distinguish many uses of the words identical or same in ordinary language from strict identity or numerical identity
receivables turnover — A receivables turnover is a measure of cash flow that is calculated by dividing net credit sales by average accounts receivable.
recreational vehicle — a van or utility vehicle used for recreational purposes, as camping, and often equipped with living facilities. Abbreviation: RV.
recuperative furnace — a furnace having its incoming air heated by exhaust gases, the passage of air and gases through the furnace being always in the same direction.
recursive definition — a definition consisting of a set of rules such that by repeated application of the rules the meaning of the definiendum is uniquely determined in terms of ideas that are already familiar.
recursive subroutine — a subroutine that can call itself as part of its execution
redcar and cleveland — a unitary authority in NE England, in North Yorkshire: formerly (1975–96) part of Cleveland county. Pop: 139 100 (2003 est). Area: 240 sq km (93 sq miles)
regenerative braking — Regenerative braking is a form of braking in electric vehicles in which the loss of kinetic energy from braking is stored and then fed back later to provide power to the electric motor.
regenerative cooling — Physics. a method of cooling a gas, utilizing the rapid expansion of a compressed portion of the gas, before it becomes liquid, to cool the remainder.
regenerative furnace — a furnace in which the incoming air is heated by regenerators.
regional development — aid-giving to poorer areas or countries
relative atomic mass — the ratio of the average mass per atom of the naturally occurring form of an element to one-twelfth the mass of an atom of carbon-12
relative conjunction — a conjunction that introduces a relative clause

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