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16-letter words containing c, o, n, v, e

  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
  • over-romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • over-the-counter — unlisted on or not part of an organized securities exchange: over-the-counter stocks; the over-the-counter market. Abbreviation: OTC.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
  • overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
  • overcompensatory — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • polyvinyl acetal — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the condensation of an aldehyde with polyvinyl alcohol.
  • poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
  • pre-conversation — informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.
  • projective plane — (mathematics)   The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of smoothness on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space".
  • reserve buoyancy — the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • save one's bacon — the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • send to coventry — to ostracize or ignore
  • senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
  • service contract — law: between employer and employee
  • severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
  • social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
  • stevenson screen — a shelter for meteorological instruments, consisting of a raised white louvred box
  • surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • torque converter — a fluid coupling in which three or more rotors are used, one of which can be checked so that output torque is augmented and output speed diminished.
  • transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
  • travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
  • unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • valence electron — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
  • valency electron — an electron in the outer shell of an atom, responsible for forming chemical bonds
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
  • vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
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