13-letter words containing r, e, v, o, l
- l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- laevorotation — a rotation to the left
- laevorotatory — Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- leonine verse — a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- live together — cohabit
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- love for love — a comedy (1695) by William Congreve.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- mezzo-relievo — sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- motor vehicle — an automobile, truck, bus, or similar motor-driven conveyance.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- never offline — (software) (NOL) /noh-el/ A software service provided by America's Multimedia Online that allows Internet users to be constantly connected to the Internet.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-removable — that may be removed.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- nonreversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- optical drive — optical disk drive