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15-letter words containing l, e, v, r

  • engraving plate — a metal, usually steel, plate on which an image is engraved in order to be reproduced
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • everly brothers — the. US pop singing duo comprising Don Everly (born 1937) and Phil Everly 1939–2014, noted for their close harmonies
  • eye-level grill — a grill that is at eye level
  • federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
  • fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • for the love of — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
  • general average — Insurance. any damage or loss to a ship or its cargo voluntarily sustained, as freight jettisoned in a storm, by all parties to a voyage (distinguished from particular average). Abbreviation: G.A.
  • general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
  • glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
  • gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
  • gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
  • green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
  • guadalupe river — a river in SE Texas, flowing SE to the San Antonio River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • head over heels — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
  • heaviside layer — E layer.
  • heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
  • heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
  • helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
  • hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
  • hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • imperial valley — an irrigated agricultural region in SE California, adjacent to Mexico, formerly a part of the Colorado Desert: it is largely below sea level and contains the Salton Sink.
  • imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
  • interclavicular — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
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