19-letter words containing v

intervertebral disc — any of the cartilaginous discs between individual vertebrae, acting as shock absorbers
intervertebral disk — the plate of fibrocartilage between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae.
intrauterine device — any small, mechanical device for semipermanent insertion into the uterus as a contraceptive. Abbreviation: IUD.
invasion of privacy — an encroachment upon the right to be let alone or to be free from publicity.
inver grove heights — a town in SE Minnesota.
investment compound — investment (def 11).
it serves you right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
iterative deepening — (algorithm) A graph search algorithm that will find the shortest path with some given property, even when the graph contains cycles. When searching for a path through a graph, starting at a given initial node, where the path (or its end node) has some desired property, a depth-first search may never find a solution if it enters a cycle in the graph. Rather than avoiding cycles (i.e. never extend a path with a node it already contains), iterative deepening explores all paths up to length (or "depth") N, starting from N=0 and increasing N until a solution is found.
japanese arborvitae — a Japanese evergreen tree, Thuja standishii, having spreading branches with bright-green leaves.
jehovah's witnesses — a Christian sect, founded in the U.S. in the late 19th century, that believes in the imminent destruction of the world's wickedness and the establishment of a theocracy under God's rule.
juvenile delinquent — a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence.
kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
lady of the evening — a prostitute.
lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
leave someone alone — to permit to stay or be alone
leave the door open — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
legislative council — the upper house of a bicameral legislature.
let someone have it — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
level of attainment — one of ten groupings, each with its own attainment criteria based on pupil age and ability, within which a pupil is assessed
level playing field — a state of equality; an equal opportunity.
leveling instrument — an instrument used to establish a horizontal line of sight, usually by means of a spirit level.
lieutenant governor — a state officer next in rank to a governor, who takes the governor's place in case of the latter's absence, disability, or death.
lift up one's voice — to speak out loudly
liouville's theorem — the theorem that every function of a complex variable, bounded and differentiable for all finite values of the variable, is a constant function.
live one's own life — If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference.
locomotive engineer — engineer (def 3).
locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
long live/ long may — You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time.
lose your virginity — When you lose your virginity, you have sex for the first time.
love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
lymphoproliferative — Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
magnetic levitation — the suspension of an object above or below a second object by means of magnetic repulsion or attraction.
magnetic tape drive — (storage) (Or "tape drive") A peripheral device that reads and writes magnetic tape.
magnetomotive force — a scalar quantity that is a measure of the sources of magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit. Abbreviation: mmf.
major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
margaret of navarre — 1492–1549, queen of Navarre 1544–49: patron of literature, author of stories, and poet.
massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
matthias i corvinus — ?1440–90, king of Hungary (1458–90): built up the most powerful kingdom in Central Europe. A patron of Renaissance art, he founded the Corvina library, one of the finest in Europe
maturation division — a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair.
mediterranean fever — brucellosis.
memory like a sieve — a very poor memory
mercury-vapour lamp — a lamp in which an electric discharge through a low pressure of mercury vapour is used to produce a greenish-blue light. It is used for street lighting and is also a source of ultraviolet radiation
mid-autumn festival — a Chinese festival that is held to celebrate the end of the summer harvest, when the crops have been gathered.
mild silver protein — a compound of silver and a protein, applied to mucous membranes as a mild antiseptic.
military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
most favored nation — a nation to which privileges of trade are extended under a government policy of giving the same privileges to all nations that are given to any one of them, sometimes depending on whether certain conditions, as of reciprocity, are met

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