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15-letter words containing l, o, v, a

  • conventionalize — to make conventional
  • conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
  • convolvulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Convolvulaceae, a family of plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and typically a climbing, twining, or prostrate habit: includes bindweed, morning-glory, and sweet potato
  • correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
  • costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
  • counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
  • countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
  • covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
  • cover all bases — take full precautions
  • cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
  • critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
  • cross of valour — the highest Canadian award for bravery
  • crossover value — the percentage of offspring showing recombination among the total offspring of a given cross. It indicates the amount of crossing over that has occurred and therefore the relative positions of the genes on the chromosomes
  • curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
  • de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
  • dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • divisional coin — a coin having a value smaller than a country's main monetary unit
  • dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • electronegative — Electrically negative.
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • fountain valley — a city in SW California.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
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