14-letter words containing o, l, e, v
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- have a load on — to be intoxicated
- have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
- hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hotel de ville — a city hall.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
- inconveniently — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
- interventional — the act or fact of intervening.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inviolableness — The quality or state of being inviolable.
- involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
- irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- jeffersonville — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
- lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- levonorgestrel — A synthetic steroid hormone that has a similar effect to progesterone and is used in some contraceptive pills.
- line of vision — a straight line that connects the fovea centralis of an eye with the point on which the eye focuses.
- line-item veto — the power of the executive to veto particular items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- local variable — (programming) A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
- logic variable — (programming) A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.