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14-letter words containing a, l, t, v, i

  • gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • hasta la vista — so long; (I'll) see you again
  • health service — system of medical care
  • health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
  • imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
  • inadvisability — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
  • individualists — Plural form of individualist.
  • inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
  • intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
  • interventional — the act or fact of intervening.
  • intervertebral — situated between the vertebrae.
  • intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
  • inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
  • invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
  • irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • italian clover — crimson clover.
  • job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
  • juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
  • kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
  • lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
  • love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
  • medieval latin — the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. Abbreviation: ML, M.L.
  • motivationally — In a motivational manner.
  • multiple value — (database)   (MU) A one-to-many relationship between entries in a database, for example a person may have an address field which spanned multiple records (with different indexes). Multiple values are a non-relational technique. MUs have recently been made available in DB2, despite the product being so heavily influenced by Codd's Laws of relational databases.
  • multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
  • multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
  • musca volitans — floater (def 6).
  • music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
  • natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • naval aviation — use of aircraft by the navy
  • naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
  • navigationally — in a navigational manner; from a navigational point of view
  • non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • non-evaluative — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
  • non-validation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
  • non-volitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
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