14-letter words containing l, i, v, e, d
- overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overprivileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- stirred vessel — A stirred vessel is a vessel in which a device moves to mix something.
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- the very devil — something very difficult or awkward
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- valentine card — a card expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to your sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day
- valetudinarian — an invalid.
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from