19-letter words containing v, e
- energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
- environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
- environmental lobby — a group of people who promote environmental issues to government, the public, and business
- evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
- evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
- executive agreement — an agreement made between the US President and the head of a foreign state, having the effect of a treaty
- executive committee — the executive committee or board of an organization is a committee within that organization which has the authority to make decisions and ensures that these decisions are carried out
- executive president — a president in certain systems of government who possesses wide powers
- executive privilege — Executive privilege is the right that a member of the executive branch of government has to withhold information about matters that they consider to be confidential.
- executive secretary — supports executives or departments
- eye make-up remover — a product used to remove cosmetics such as mascara and eyeliner
- facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
- fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
- farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
- february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
- february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
- fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
- figurative language — language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
- five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
- five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
- flag of convenience — the foreign flag under which merchant ships register in order to save on taxes or wages, or to avoid government regulations.
- flavor of the month — Informal. the subject of intense, usually temporary interest; the current fashion.
- floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
- florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
- follow-up interview — a second interview following an initial interview
- full-wave rectifier — a rectifier that transmits both halves of a cycle of alternating current as a direct current.
- geneva nomenclature — an internationally accepted system for naming organic carbon compounds.
- get on one's nerves — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- giovanni da fiesole — Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- give (free) rein to — to allow to act without restraint
- give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
- give one credit for — to commend one for
- give one's eyeteeth — Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
- give sb the willies — If someone or something gives you the willies, they make you feel nervous or frightened.
- give your eye teeth — If you say that you would give your eye teeth for something, you mean that you want it very much and you would do anything to get it.
- glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
- go on the offensive — If you go on the offensive, go over to the offensive, or take the offensive, you begin to take strong action against people who have been attacking you.
- goods received note — a document created by a buyer on receipt of merchandise and which describes each good and details the quantity of each received
- governing principle — a fundamental moral rule that guides and influences how something is done
- government monopoly — the exclusive control of the market supply of a product or service by the government
- government-in-exile — a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.
- grade point average — a measure of scholastic attainment computed by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.
- gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
- grievance committee — a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.
- grievance procedure — the established series of steps to be taken in dealing with a grievance raised with an employer by an employee
- half wave rectifier — A half wave rectifier removes the negative component of an alternating signal leaving only the positive part.
- half-wave rectifier — a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current.
- hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
- haul over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.