14-letter words containing v, a, p, e
- imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- inappreciative — not appreciative; lacking in appreciation.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- interoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- interpretative — interpretive.
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
- 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.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- maldevelopment — malformation
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- multiple value — (database) (MU) A one-to-many relationship between entries in a database, for example a person may have an address field which spanned multiple records (with different indexes). Multiple values are a non-relational technique. MUs have recently been made available in DB2, despite the product being so heavily influenced by Codd's Laws of relational databases.
- multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-imperative — of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
- noncooperative — Not cooperative; uncooperative.
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonprocreative — Not procreative.
- nonprovocative — Not provocative.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- nouveau pauvre — a newly poor person.
- octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
- over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
- over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompliance — excessive compliance
- overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overprogrammed — characterized by overprogramming