14-letter words containing o, l, i, v
- 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
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- 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.
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- 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.
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- millivoltmeter — A voltmeter that is sensitive enough to produce readings on the millivolt scale.
- motivationally — In a motivational manner.
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- naval aviation — use of aircraft by the navy
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- navigationally — in a navigational manner; from a navigational point of view
- nervous nellie — a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.
- non-collective — formed by collection.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-evaluative — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- non-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- non-reflective — not capable of or not designed to reflect light
- non-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- non-validation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- non-volitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- nonconvertible — Not convertible; that cannot be exchanged for an equivalent.
- noncorrelative — Not correlative.
- noncultivation — the state of not cultivating
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
- noninvolvement — Lack of involvement.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.