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14-letter words containing l, i, v, n

  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
  • universal time — (time, standard)   (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
  • unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
  • unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
  • vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
  • vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
  • vaginal tablet — A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection.
  • vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
  • valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
  • valentine card — a card expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to your sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day
  • valentinian ii — a.d. c371–392, emperor of the Western Roman Empire 375–392.
  • valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
  • valetudinarian — an invalid.
  • vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
  • vasodilatation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
  • venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
  • venetian blind — a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.
  • venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
  • venezia giulia — a former region of NE Italy, at the N end of the Adriatic: now mainly in Croatia and Slovenia. The larger part, including the area surrounding the Free Territory of Trieste, was ceded to Yugoslavia 1947; the part remaining in Italy merged with Udine to form Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
  • ventilationist — of, relating to, or advocating the ventilation of emotions: a ventilationist approach to dealing with anger.
  • venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
  • venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
  • verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
  • vernal equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
  • vertical union — industrial union.
  • vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
  • vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
  • vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes
  • vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
  • viennese table — a dessert buffet, as at a reception, featuring a variety of fancy cakes, tarts, mousses, etc.
  • viewing public — people who watch television, considered collectively
  • villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
  • villafranchian — designating or of a European geologic stage of the Lower Pleistocene and the Upper Pliocene
  • villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
  • vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
  • vincennes lisp — (language)   (VLISP) A dialect of Lisp resulting from development, starting in 1971, of Lisp interpreters and compilers at the University of Paris VIII - Vincennes. VLISP interpreters and compilers were designed to run on small computers.
  • vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
  • vinylacetylene — a colorless, volatile liquid, C 4 H 4 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of the synthetic rubber neoprene.
  • virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
  • vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
  • vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
  • vital staining — the technique of treating living cells and tissues with dyes that do not immediately kill them, facilitating observation with a microscope
  • vitellogenesis — the process by which the yolk is formed and accumulated in the ovum.
  • vitilitigation — contention or backbiting
  • volatilization — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
  • volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
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