16-letter words containing l, o, v, e, i
- 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.
- inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
- inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
- 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.
- invisible shadow — (in architectural shades and shadows) a three-dimensional space occupied by the shadow projected by a solid and within which a surface is in shadow.
- 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.
- legislative veto — a veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action, decision, etc., of the executive branch.
- 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.
- live on the edge — take risks
- liver of sulphur — a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases
- lose one's voice — If you lose your voice, you cannot speak for a while because of an illness.
- 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
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- 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.
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.