14-letter words containing l, e, v, r
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hybrid vehicle — A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using two different forms of power, such as an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor with a battery and fuel cells for energy storage.
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- interpretively — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
- interventional — the act or fact of intervening.
- intervertebral — situated between the vertebrae.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
- irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- jeffersonville — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
- late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
- lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
- lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
- learner driver — a person who is learning to drive
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- leavened bread — bread that contains a raising agent, such as yeast
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- levonorgestrel — A synthetic steroid hormone that has a similar effect to progesterone and is used in some contraceptive pills.
- life preserver — a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.