14-letter words containing l, a, v, i, e
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
- pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
- police village — a village lacking corporate status as a municipality, its affairs being administered by an elected board of trustees.
- 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
- prairie clover — any plant belonging to the genus Petalostemon, of the legume family, common in western North America, having pinnately compound leaves and spikes of white, purple, or pink flowers.
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preoperatively — in a preoperative context
- preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
- prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
- 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.
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- relative major — the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.
- relieving arch — discharging arch.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- retrievability — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- rievaulx abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire: built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries; landscaped in the 18th century
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
- salva veritate — without affecting truth-value
- salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.