14-letter words containing v, a, l, o
- irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
- irrevocability — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- java black rot — a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- 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.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- 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.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- local variable — (programming) A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
- logic variable — (programming) A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- maldevelopment — malformation
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- motivationally — In a motivational manner.
- movable system — a system of solmization which assigns the names re, mi, fa, sol, la to the major scale in any key
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- naval aviation — use of aircraft by the navy
- naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- navigationally — in a navigational manner; from a navigational point of view
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-evaluative — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- non-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- non-reservable — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- non-validation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- non-volitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncorrelative — Not correlative.
- noncultivation — the state of not cultivating
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonrecoverable — unable to be claimed back; damaged or lost forever