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14-letter words containing e, l, v

  • televangelical — relating to televangelism
  • television set — appliance that receives tv signals
  • terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • the ivy league — a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
  • the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  • the very devil — something very difficult or awkward
  • the world over — If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
  • throttle lever — throttle (def 1).
  • throttle valve — a valve for throttling the working fluid of an engine, refrigerator, etc.
  • to live in sin — If you say that a man and a woman are living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • transversality — the state of being transversal
  • travel trailer — trailer (def 2).
  • travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
  • traveler's-joy — a woody vine, Clematis vitalba, of the buttercup family, native to Europe and northern Africa, having long-plumed fruit and slightly fragrant, white flowers.
  • tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
  • turkey vulture — a blackish-brown vulture, Cathartes aura, from the southern U.S. to South America, having a bare, wrinkled, red head and neck.
  • twelve o'clock — 12 noon, 1200 hours, midday
  • ujamaa village — communally organized village in Tanzania
  • ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
  • ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
  • ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
  • unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
  • unattractively — in an unattractive manner
  • unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
  • uncanny valley — a psychological concept that describes the feelings of unease or revulsion that people tend to have toward artificial representations of human beings, as robots or computer animations, that closely imitate many but not all the features and behaviors of actual human beings. the dip in positive feelings toward such artificial representations.
  • unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • uncultivatable — unsuitable for cultivation
  • underdeveloped — improperly or insufficiently developed.
  • underleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively low ratio of debt capital to equity capital
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • undulant fever — brucellosis.
  • unequivalently — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
  • universal time — (time, standard)   (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
  • unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
  • unresolvedness — the state of being unresolved or irresolute
  • unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
  • unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
  • vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
  • vaginal tablet — A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection.
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