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15-letter words containing v, a, n, l

  • conventionality — the quality or characteristic of being conventional, esp in behaviour, thinking, etc
  • conventionalize — to make conventional
  • conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
  • convolvulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Convolvulaceae, a family of plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and typically a climbing, twining, or prostrate habit: includes bindweed, morning-glory, and sweet potato
  • correlativeness — The state or quality of being correlative.
  • costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
  • counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
  • countervailable — able to counteract or offset as equivalent
  • covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • data link level — data link layer
  • davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
  • daylight saving — the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.
  • dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
  • divide and rule — You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
  • divisional coin — a coin having a value smaller than a country's main monetary unit
  • dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • electronegative — Electrically negative.
  • eleventh-grader — a student in the eleventh grade of high school
  • engraving plate — a metal, usually steel, plate on which an image is engraved in order to be reproduced
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • Évian-les-bains — a resort and spa town in E France, on Lake Geneva opposite Lausanne; noted for its bottled mineral waters. Pop: 8064 (2006)
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • fountain valley — a city in SW California.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
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