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

law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
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.
leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
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.
leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
level one cache — primary cache
level two cache — secondary cache
levi-montalcini — Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.
liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
loan investment — a loan made as an investment
locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
low-level waste — waste material contaminated by traces of radioactivity that can be disposed of in steel drums in concrete-lined trenches but not (since 1983) in the sea
lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
manila envelope — a large, usually brown, envelope, designed to carry documents without them having to be folded
manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
monovision lens — Ophthalmology. one of a pair of contact lenses that adjust one eye for farsightedness and the other for nearsightedness, used as an alternative to bifocal lenses.
morelos y pavon — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1765–1815, Mexican priest and revolutionary leader.
motor voter law — a law that enables prospective voters to register when they obtain or renew a driver's license.
mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
muzzle velocity — the speed of a projectile, usually expressed in feet or meters per second, as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
never look back — to become increasingly successful
non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
non-qualitative — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
non-salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
non-traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.

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