14-letter words containing t, e, l, v, r, i
- elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
- evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
- extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
- floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- 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.
- health service — system of medical care
- 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.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- interpretively — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- 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.
- intervertebral — situated between the vertebrae.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- 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
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- 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.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
- 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.
- multiversities — Plural form of multiversity.
- natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- 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.
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- nonconvertible — Not convertible; that cannot be exchanged for an equivalent.
- noncorrelative — Not correlative.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.