15-letter words containing l, a, v
- added-value tax — value-added tax.
- adlai stevenson — Adlai Ewing [ad-ley yoo-ing] /ˈæd leɪ ˈyu ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1914, vice president of the U.S. 1893–97.
- advent calendar — a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them
- adventuresomely — In an adventuresome manner.
- aftershave balm — a soothing lotion for application to the face after shaving
- aggregate value — the total value of a number of smaller sums, added together and treated as an individual sum
- all-wheel drive — a system used in motor vehicles in which all four (or more) wheels are permanently connected to the source of power, in such a way that each wheel is able to rotate at a different speed
- alluvial mining — a method of extracting minerals by dredging alluvial deposits
- alpha privative — (in Greek grammar) the letter alpha (or an- before vowels) used as a negative or privative prefix. It appears in English words derived from Greek, as in atheist, anaesthetic
- alternativeness — The state of being alternative or representing alternatives.
- andrada e silva — José Bonifacio de [zhaw-ze baw-nee-fah-syoo di] /ʒɔˈzɛ ˌbɔ niˈfɑ syʊ dɪ/ (Show IPA), 1763–1838, Brazilian statesman and scientist: architect of Brazilian independence.
- animal behavior — behavior (def 2).
- anti-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- anticonvulsants — Plural form of anticonvulsant.
- antidevelopment — (of a group) opposed to development
- antiretrovirals — Plural form of antiretroviral.
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- apostolic vicar — vicar apostolic.
- approval rating — approval of a politician as shown by opinion polls
- approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
- argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- ariboflavinosis — a condition resulting from a dietary deficiency of riboflavin
- arrivals lounge — a waiting area for people meeting passengers
- assisted living — Assisted living is a type of housing specially designed for people who need help in their everyday lives, but who do not need specialist nursing care. In assisted living facilities, residents live in independent rooms or apartments, but receive help with day-to-day activities, for example bathing, dressing, preparing meals, and taking their medicines.
- authoritatively — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- autocorrelative — Relating to autocorrelation.
- available light — the natural or usual light on a subject.
- avant la lettre — before the (specified) concept, word, person, etc. existed
- avian influenza — an acute, usually fatal viral disease of chickens and other domestic and wild birds except pigeons, characterized by sudden onset of symptoms including fever, swollen head and neck, bluish-black comb and wattle, and difficult respiration.
- aviator glasses — sunglasses that look like goggles
- bat-wing sleeve — formed, shaped, etc., like the wing of a bat.
- bearded vulture — lammergeier
- big black river — a river in N central Mississippi, flowing SW to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. 330 miles (531 km) long.
- bioavailability — the extent to which a drug or other substance is taken up by a specific tissue or organ after administration; the proportion of the dose of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation intact after administration by a route other than intravenous
- biot-savart law — the law that the magnetic induction near a long, straight conductor, as wire, varies inversely as the distance from the conductor and directly as the intensity of the current in the conductor.
- blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
- bravais lattice — any of 14 possible space lattices found in crystals
- brave new world — If someone refers to a brave new world, they are talking about a situation or system that has recently been created and that people think will be successful and fair.
- brazilian guava — a Brazilian shrub, Psidium guineense, of the myrtle family, having white-fleshed, greenish-yellow, bitter fruit.
- brillat-savarin — Anthelme (ɑ̃tɛlm). 1755–1826, French lawyer and gourmet; author of Physiologie du Goût (1825)
- bucket elevator — a chain of buckets for raising liquids or materials to a higher level
- bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
- butterfly valve — a disc that acts as a valve by turning about a diameter, esp one used as the throttle valve in a carburettor
- calorific value — the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
- calvin coolidge — Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th president of the U.S. 1923–29.
- cantilever beam — a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc that is fixed at one end and is free at the other
- cardinal virtue — anything considered to be an important or characteristic virtue: Tenacity is his cardinal virtue.
- cardinal vowels — a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language
- carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
- carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
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