16-letter words containing l, o, v, e, i, r
- environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
- florencio varela — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- forward delivery — delivery at a future date.
- four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
- general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
- go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
- hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- in living memory — If you say that something is, for example, the best, worst, or first thing of its kind in living memory, you are emphasizing that it is the only thing of that kind that people can remember.
- incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
- incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- inconvertibility — The condition of being inconvertible.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- interventionally — In terms of, or by means of, intervention.
- intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
- irresolvableness — The state or quality of being irresolvable.
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- juvenile hormone — any of a class of insect and plant hormones acting to inhibit the molting of a juvenile insect into its adult form.
- juvenile officer — a police officer concerned with juvenile delinquents.
- kiloelectronvolt — (physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
- levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- liver of sulphur — a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- male-voice choir — a choir of male singers
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct