19-letter words containing o, l, i, v
- countervailing duty — an extra import duty imposed by a country on certain imports, esp to prevent dumping or to counteract subsidies in the exporting country
- cry over spilt milk — to lament something that cannot be altered
- cultivated mushroom — an edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) with a pale cap and stalk: the most common food mushroom
- cultural revolution — (in China) a mass movement (1965–68), in which the youthful Red Guard played a prominent part. It was initiated by Mao Tse-tung to destroy the power of the bureaucrats and to revolutionize the attitudes and behaviour of the people
- declaration of love — a statement made by one person to another in which they say they are in love with the other person
- detective constable — a police officer who investigates crime and who is of the lowest rank
- devil's coach-horse — a large black rove beetle, Ocypus olens, with large jaws and ferocious habits
- devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
- diversional therapy — the structured use of leisure time in recreation and play as a form of or supplement to conventional therapy
- dominant wavelength — the wavelength of monochromatic light that would give the same visual sensation if combined in a suitable proportion with an achromatic light
- ebola virus disease — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
- ecumenical movement — See under ecumenical (def 4).
- educational adviser — a person who provides advice and training to teachers about teaching methods and educational policies
- electroconductivity — Electrical conductivity.
- electromotive force — a source of energy that can cause a current to flow in an electrical circuit or device
- electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
- environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
- environmental lobby — a group of people who promote environmental issues to government, the public, and business
- evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
- evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
- facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
- fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
- fallacy of division — the fallacy of inferring that a property of the whole is also a property of parts or members of the whole (opposed to fallacy of composition).
- february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
- february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
- five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
- five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
- flag of convenience — the foreign flag under which merchant ships register in order to save on taxes or wages, or to avoid government regulations.
- floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
- florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
- follow-up interview — a second interview following an initial interview
- giovanni da bologna — Giovanni da [jee-uh-vah-nee duh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni də;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Jean de Boulogne; Giambologna) c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.
- giovanni da fiesole — Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
- governing principle — a fundamental moral rule that guides and influences how something is done
- government-in-exile — a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.
- gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
- have half a mind to — to have the intention of
- heavy goods vehicle — a large road vehicle for carrying goods
- hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
- hotel des invalides — a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
- housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
- hudson river school — a group of American painters of the mid-19th century whose works are characterized by a highly romantic treatment of landscape, especially along the Hudson River.
- incontrovertibility — The state or characteristic of being incontrovertible, of not being debatable; incontestability.
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
- interval estimation — the process of estimating a parameter of a given population by specifying an interval of values and the probability that the true value of the parameter falls within this interval.
- lady of the evening — a prostitute.