14-letter words containing a, s, l, i, v, e
- false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- give sb a bell — If you give someone a bell, you telephone them.
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- 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
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- individualised — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- individualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualise.
- individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.
- inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
- 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
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- inviolableness — The quality or state of being inviolable.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability