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14-letter words containing v, a, l, e, r

  • george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
  • 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)
  • governableness — The state of being governable.
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
  • half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-evergreen — having leaves which may or may not remain green throughout the year
  • half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
  • hand-delivered — (of a letter or parcel) delivered by the sender rather than a postman or courier
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • 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
  • hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
  • imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
  • indiscoverable — not discoverable.
  • inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • 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.
  • invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
  • inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
  • irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
  • irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
  • irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
  • irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
  • italian clover — crimson clover.
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
  • labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
  • larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
  • late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
  • lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
  • lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
  • learner driver — a person who is learning to drive
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • leave for dead — to abandon
  • leavened bread — bread that contains a raising agent, such as yeast
  • levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
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