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15-letter words containing l, i, v, y

  • inversion layer — a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
  • invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • irreversibility — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
  • laundry service — clothes-washing business
  • lazy evaluation — (reduction)   An evaluation strategy combining normal order evaluation with updating. Under normal order evaluation (outermost or call-by-name evaluation) an expression is evaluated only when its value is needed in order for the program to return (the next part of) its result. Updating means that if an expression's value is needed more than once (i.e. it is shared), the result of the first evaluation is remembered and subsequent requests for it will return the remembered value immediately without further evaluation. This is often implemented by graph reduction. An unevaluated expression is represented as a closure - a data structure containing all the information required to evaluate the expression. Lazy evaluation is one evaluation strategy used to implement non-strict functions. Function arguments may be infinite data structures (especially lists) of values, the components of which are evaluated as needed. According to Phil Wadler the term was invented by Jim Morris. Opposite: eager evaluation. A partial kind of lazy evaluation implements lazy data structures or especially lazy lists where function arguments are passed evaluated but the arguments of data constructors are not evaluated.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • maternity leave — a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
  • metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
  • muzzle velocity — the speed of a projectile, usually expressed in feet or meters per second, as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
  • nonavailability — A lack of availability.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
  • overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
  • ovoviviparously — in an ovoviviparous manner
  • paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
  • participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • paternity leave — a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • play havoc with — bring chaos to
  • polyvinyl resin — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the polymerization or copolymerization of a vinyl compound: used chiefly as adhesives, sizing agents, and coatings.
  • postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • publicity event — an event designed to generate publicity
  • radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • reentry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • retrospectively — with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.
  • revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • salivary glands — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
  • significatively — serving to signify.
  • silviculturally — with reference to silviculture
  • sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
  • total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
  • transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
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