17-letter words containing l, b, v
- pebbleweave cloth — an irregularly textured material made from twisted yarn
- phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
- polyvinyl butyral — a white, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal made with butyraldehyde, used chiefly as an interlayer in the manufacture of safety glass.
- probability curve — a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.
- public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
- receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
- recoverable error — a program error that can be corrected and does not cause the program to fail or irretrievably lose data.
- saved by the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- self-belay device — (in climbing) a device used to pay out a safety rope as required
- small waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Horisme vitalbata, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
- spiral bevel gear — a bevel gear having curved teeth tending to converge on the axis of rotation.
- subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
- subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
- subsistence level — low standard of living
- subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
- sybase sql server — Adaptive Server Enterprise
- synovial membrane — anatomy: connective tissue
- the twelve tables — the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc
- the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- to be eaten alive — If you say that someone will be eaten alive, you mean that they will be completely destroyed or defeated by someone who is much stronger.
- transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
- universal algebra — (logic) The model theory of first-order equational logic.
- urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
- vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
- variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
- vegetable tanning — the act or process of tanning hide by the infusion of plant extract.
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- vertical mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- vestibular system — the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance
- vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
- visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
- vitamin b complex — an important group of water-soluble vitamins containing vitamin B 1 , vitamin B 2 , etc.
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- volleyball player — sportsperson: plays volleyball