14-letter words containing p, a, l, v
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- self-operative — automatic.
- solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vascular plant — a plant having a vascular system.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
- vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- vital capacity — the greatest amount of air that can be forced from the lungs after maximum inhalation.
- voltaic couple — a pair of substances, as two different metals, that when placed in a proper solution produces an electromotive force by chemical action.
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.