16-letter words containing h, e, v, n, l
- alpha conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
- behavioural sink — a small area in which people or animals live in overcrowded conditions
- branchial groove — one of a series of rudimentary depressions on the surface of the embryo between adjacent branchial arches, homologous to the branchial clefts of gill-breathing ancestral forms.
- cash on delivery — If you pay for goods cash on delivery, you pay for them in cash when they are delivered. The abbreviation C.O.D. is also used.
- chancellorsville — hamlet in NE Va. (now called Chancellor): site of a Civil War battle (May, 1863) won by Confederate forces
- chinese pavilion — crescent (def 6).
- chinese-pavilion — a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- church invisible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth and in heaven.
- civilian clothes — not military uniform
- devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
- fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
- hoek van holland — Hook of Holland.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- juvenile hormone — any of a class of insect and plant hormones acting to inhibit the molting of a juvenile insect into its adult form.
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- live on the edge — take risks
- luncheon voucher — a voucher worth a specified amount issued to employees and redeemable at a restaurant for food
- machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- re-entry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
- splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
- swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
- the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
- the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- whirling dervish — a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
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