16-letter words containing v, e, n
- green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
- green vegetables — green edible plants
- harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- have been around — be experienced
- have in the wind — to be in the act of following (quarry) by scent
- have no business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- have no time for — not tolerate
- have sb to thank — If you say that you have someone to thank for something, you mean that you are grateful to them because they caused it to happen.
- have the decency — If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done.
- have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
- have the wood on — to have an advantage over
- haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
- hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
- heavier-than-air — (of an aircraft) weighing more than the air that it displaces, hence having to obtain lift by aerodynamic means.
- historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
- hoek van holland — Hook of Holland.
- huevos rancheros — a Latin American dish of eggs, usually fried or poached, topped with a spicy tomato sauce and sometimes served on a fried corn tortilla with the addition of vegetables and cheese.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- imperceptiveness — The quality of being imperceptive.
- imperfectiveness — (grammar) The state or quality of being imperfective.
- in heaven's name — You can use in heaven's name in questions beginning with 'what', 'when', 'who', 'why', 'when', and 'how' to add emphasis in a way that shows that you are very angry or surprised.
- in living memory — If you say that something is, for example, the best, worst, or first thing of its kind in living memory, you are emphasizing that it is the only thing of that kind that people can remember.
- in the seventies — in the range between 70 and 79 degrees on a given temperature scale, esp the Fahrenheit scale
- in--one-s--favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- incentive scheme — an arrangement under which additional payments are made to employees as a means of increasing production
- incentive travel — a vacation awarded to employees as a bonus in order to motivate them.
- inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
- inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
- incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
- incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- inconvertibility — The condition of being inconvertible.
- indexing service — a service that indexes the contents of a number of publications for use in printed or machine-readable form.
- indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- interim dividend — smaller payout
- internal revenue — the revenue of a government from any domestic source, usually considered to be any source other than customs.
- interpenetrative — (mathematics, physics) Mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space).
- interpretatively — In an interpretative manner.
- interventionally — In terms of, or by means of, intervention.
- interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
- intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.