15-letter words containing l, e, v
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
- length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
- leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
- levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
- level one cache — primary cache
- level two cache — secondary cache
- levelheadedness — The property of being levelheaded, stable, not overly swayed by passion.
- levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
- levi-montalcini — Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.
- light-sensitive — (of a surface) having a photoelectric property, such as the ability to generate a current, change its electrical resistance, etc, when exposed to light
- liquidity event — the ending of an investor's involvement in a business venture with a view to realizing a gain or loss from the investment
- literary device — technique used in writing
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- living expenses — money spent on basic needs
- living quarters — accommodation
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- low-level waste — waste material contaminated by traces of radioactivity that can be disposed of in steel drums in concrete-lined trenches but not (since 1983) in the sea
- lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manila envelope — a large, usually brown, envelope, designed to carry documents without them having to be folded
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
- maternity leave — a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
- melville island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, N of Canada, belonging to Canada. 200 miles (320 km) long; 130 miles (210 km) wide.
- mendeleev's law — periodic law (def 2).
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- milliequivalent — a unit of measure, applied to electrolytes, that expresses the combining power of a substance. Abbreviation: mEq.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- monovision lens — Ophthalmology. one of a pair of contact lenses that adjust one eye for farsightedness and the other for nearsightedness, used as an alternative to bifocal lenses.
- morelos y pavon — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1765–1815, Mexican priest and revolutionary leader.
- motor voter law — a law that enables prospective voters to register when they obtain or renew a driver's license.
- mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.