13-letter words containing v, a, n, l
- invisible man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- invitationals — Plural form of invitational.
- involuntarily — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- jovian planet — any of the four large outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- laevorotation — a rotation to the left
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- 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.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- loan-to-value — the ratio between the sum of money lent in a mortgage agreement and the lender's valuation of the property involved
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- machiavellian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- make a living — earn money
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantelshelves — Plural form of mantelshelf.
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- multivitamins — Plural form of multivitamin.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- natural levee — a deposit of sand or mud built up along, and sloping away from, either side of the flood plain of a river or stream.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.