16-letter words containing l, e, v, i, t
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
- hypervariability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- incentive travel — a vacation awarded to employees as a bonus in order to motivate them.
- inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
- incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
- incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- inconvertibility — The condition of being inconvertible.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- internal revenue — the revenue of a government from any domestic source, usually considered to be any source other than customs.
- interpretatively — In an interpretative manner.
- interventionally — In terms of, or by means of, intervention.
- interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
- intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
- intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
- inverted nipples — nipples which do not project from the breast but are retracted
- invisible assets — assets that are not physical, such as services or good will
- irretrievability — The state or quality of being irretrievable.
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- kiloelectronvolt — (physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- leave it at that — to take a matter no further
- legislative veto — a veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action, decision, etc., of the executive branch.
- letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
- levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- listening device — a device used to overhear, record, or monitor speech
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- live on the edge — take risks
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- medieval studies — a course of study based on the history of the Middle Ages
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- mental defective — a person who suffers from a learning disability or from some form of mental illness
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- military service — compulsory period spent in the army