12-letter words containing l, v, a, d
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- love handles — fat midriff
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- meditatively — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- needle valve — a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- red valerian — a bushy valerian, Centranthus ruber, of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson, or white flowers.
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- san salvador — a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). Capital: San Salvador.
- sao salvador — a former name of Salvador (def 2).
- sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave trader — sb who traffics in people