19-letter words containing l, o, v, e, i, r
- environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
- environmental lobby — a group of people who promote environmental issues to government, the public, and business
- evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
- evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
- february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
- february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
- floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
- florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
- follow-up interview — a second interview following an initial interview
- glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
- governing principle — a fundamental moral rule that guides and influences how something is done
- government-in-exile — a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.
- gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
- hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
- hudson river school — a group of American painters of the mid-19th century whose works are characterized by a highly romantic treatment of landscape, especially along the Hudson River.
- incontrovertibility — The state or characteristic of being incontrovertible, of not being debatable; incontestability.
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
- interval estimation — the process of estimating a parameter of a given population by specifying an interval of values and the probability that the true value of the parameter falls within this interval.
- lieutenant governor — a state officer next in rank to a governor, who takes the governor's place in case of the latter's absence, disability, or death.
- liouville's theorem — the theorem that every function of a complex variable, bounded and differentiable for all finite values of the variable, is a constant function.
- locomotive engineer — engineer (def 3).
- locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
- lose your virginity — When you lose your virginity, you have sex for the first time.
- love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
- lymphoproliferative — Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
- massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
- memory like a sieve — a very poor memory
- mild silver protein — a compound of silver and a protein, applied to mucous membranes as a mild antiseptic.
- military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
- mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
- national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
- no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
- non-volatile memory — non-volatile storage
- nonforfeiture value — any benefit, as cash or other form of insurance, available to a life-insurance policyholder who discontinues premium payments on the policy.
- oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
- observation balloon — a balloon that is used for gathering information and reconnaissance purposes and spotting aircraft
- olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
- over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- over-commercialized — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- perpetual inventory — a form of stock control in which running records are kept of all acquisitions and disposals
- police intervention — the physical involvement of police officers in an incident, esp where officers use force to control public disorder, such as a riot
- popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.