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16-letter words containing l, e, v, s, n

  • environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
  • evangelistically — In an evangelistic manner.
  • event television — television programmes focusing on events that attract media attention and high ratings
  • find one's level — to find one's most suitable place socially, professionally, etc
  • germinal vesicle — the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
  • glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
  • governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • green vegetables — green edible plants
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • irresolvableness — The state or quality of being irresolvable.
  • irreversibleness — The state or quality of being irreversible.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
  • leave of absence — permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
  • lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
  • 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.
  • lose one's nerve — to become timid, esp failing to perform some audacious act
  • lose one's voice — If you lose your voice, you cannot speak for a while because of an illness.
  • lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
  • lucas van leyden — (Lucas Hugensz) 1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver.
  • machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
  • manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  • non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
  • observationality — The property of being observational.
  • one's level best — the best one can do
  • one/a false move — If you say that one false move will cause a disaster, you mean that you or someone else must not make any mistakes because the situation is so difficult or dangerous.
  • over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • peasants' revolt — the first great popular rebellion in English history (1381), caused by the imposition of an unpopular poll tax: it lasted less than a month and failed as a social revolution
  • pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
  • progressive lens — a multifocal eyeglass lens that provides a continuous range of focal power between near and far distances.
  • quasi-equivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
  • radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
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