13-letter words containing l, i, v, n
- nun's veiling — a thin, plain-woven, worsted fabric, originally for nuns' veils but now also for dresses, coats, etc.
- obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- perivitelline — located around the vitellus (yolk) of an egg
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- plain vanilla — having no embellishments, extra equipment, elaborate packaging, etc.; plain; simple; down-to-earth: I want a plain-vanilla car without a lot of chrome trim.
- plain-vanilla — having no embellishments, extra equipment, elaborate packaging, etc.; plain; simple; down-to-earth: I want a plain-vanilla car without a lot of chrome trim.
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- quantivalence — quantitative equivalence
- quinquevalent — pentavalent.
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies