16-letter words containing ve
- above and beyond — in addition to
- accumulativeness — The state or qualities of being accumulative.
- achievement test — a test designed to measure the effects that learning and teaching have on individuals
- active directory — (operating system) A directory service from Microsoft Corporation, similar in concept to Novell Netware Directory Services, that also integrates with the user organisation's DNS structure and is interoperable with LDAP. Active Directory is included in Windows 2000.
- active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
- adaptive routing — dynamic routing
- additive inverse — the number that must be added to a number to equal zero
- additive process — a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours
- adhesive bandage — a bandage consisting of a small pad of gauze affixed to a strip of adhesive tape.
- adhesive binding — a style of binding used mainly for paperback books, where the backs of the gathered sections are trimmed and inserted into a cover along with adhesive to hold the pages and cover together
- adhesive plaster — adhesive tape, especially in wide sheets.
- adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
- adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
- administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
- adventitiousness — The degree to which a thing is adventitious.
- adventure racing — a contest in which teams compete in an expedition-length race which involves two or more sporting disciplines, often running, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, and elements of navigation and orienteering
- adverbial phrase — a group of two or more words that function together as an adverb, as the phrase in a minute in I'll be with you in a minute.
- affirmative flag — a flag having five horizontal stripes, blue, white, red, white, and blue, from top to bottom, signifying “yes”: letter C in the International Code of Signals.
- airmail envelope — an envelope made of the very thin blue paper that is used to send letters by airmail
- all over the map — changeable
- all sb ever does — You use the expression all someone ever does when you want to emphasize that they do the same thing all the time, and this annoys you.
- alliterativeness — The state or quality of being alliterative.
- 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.
- alternative fact — a theory posited as an alternative to another, often more widely accepted, theory
- alternative fuel — An alternative fuel is any automotive fuel other than gasoline and diesel fuel.
- alternative rock — a broad category of popular rock music typically regarded as somewhat out of the mainstream and variously including elements of punk rock, heavy metal, folk music, etc.
- alternative vote — of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference
- alveolar process — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
- ambulance driver — a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
- amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
- andorra la vella — the capital of Andorra, situated in the west of the principality. Pop: 22 035 (2003 est)
- andreas vesalius — Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.
- angular velocity — the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the body
- anti-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- anti-progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- antihypertensive — able to inhibit or control hypertension
- apollo belvedere — a Roman marble statue, possibly a copy of a Greek original of the 4th–1st centuries b.c.
- appreciativeness — The state or quality of being appreciative.
- apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- archconservative — consistently holding extremely conservative views: publisher of the city's archconservative newspaper.
- arctic red river — a river in the W Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to the Mackenzie River. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- atrioventricular — of, relating to, or affecting both the atria and the ventricles of the heart
- attributive noun — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
- autoregressively — In an autoregressive manner.
- average adjuster — a person who calculates average claims, esp for marine insurance
- aversion therapy — a method of suppressing an undesirable habit, such as excessive smoking, by causing the subject to associate an unpleasant effect, such as an electric shock or nausea, with the habit
- back-seat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a back-seat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice.
- bargaining level — the level within an organizational hierarchy, such as company level, national level, etc, at which collective bargaining takes place
- bastard culverin — a 16th-century cannon, smaller than a culverin, firing a shot of between 5 and 8 pounds (11 and 17.6 kg).
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