19-letter words containing a, l, t, v, i
- diversional therapy — the structured use of leisure time in recreation and play as a form of or supplement to conventional therapy
- dominant wavelength — the wavelength of monochromatic light that would give the same visual sensation if combined in a suitable proportion with an achromatic light
- ecumenical movement — See under ecumenical (def 4).
- educational adviser — a person who provides advice and training to teachers about teaching methods and educational policies
- effective half-life — the time required for half of a quantity of radioactive material absorbed by a living tissue or organism to be removed by both elimination and decay
- electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
- 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
- facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
- fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
- 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.
- figurative language — language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
- 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.
- full-wave rectifier — a rectifier that transmits both halves of a cycle of alternating current as a direct current.
- gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
- 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.
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
- have half a mind to — to have the intention of
- hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
- hotel des invalides — a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
- imperative language — (language) Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform. An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of steps. Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps.
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- individualistically — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
- interval estimation — the process of estimating a parameter of a given population by specifying an interval of values and the probability that the true value of the parameter falls within this interval.
- 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.
- lady of the evening — a prostitute.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
- massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
- mid-autumn festival — a Chinese festival that is held to celebrate the end of the summer harvest, when the crops have been gathered.
- military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
- multiple-entry visa — a visa that permits the holder to enter a country several times
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- mutual savings bank — a noncapitalized savings bank that distributes its net earnings to depositors.
- national convention — French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
- national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service