13-letter words containing l, e, v, r
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legal reserve — the amount of cash assets that a bank, insurance company, etc., is required by law to set aside as reserves.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- leonine verse — a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
- lesser weever — either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) having highly poisonous dorsal spines.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- live together — cohabit
- liver extract — an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- love for love — a comedy (1695) by William Congreve.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- mezzo-relievo — sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- mira variable — any of a group of long-period variable stars having a variability similar to that of the star Mira.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- motor vehicle — an automobile, truck, bus, or similar motor-driven conveyance.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multivariable — having, involving or relying upon two or more variables, esp in statistics
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- natural levee — a deposit of sand or mud built up along, and sloping away from, either side of the flood plain of a river or stream.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- nervelessness — The characteristic of being nerveless; cowardliness.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- never offline — (software) (NOL) /noh-el/ A software service provided by America's Multimedia Online that allows Internet users to be constantly connected to the Internet.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nickel silver — German silver.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-removable — that may be removed.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.