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14-letter words containing v, e, i, l

  • level crossing — grade crossing.
  • levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • life preserver — a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
  • like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
  • like the devil — If you say that someone does something like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast.
  • line engraving — a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
  • line of vision — a straight line that connects the fovea centralis of an eye with the point on which the eye focuses.
  • line-engraving — a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
  • line-item veto — the power of the executive to veto particular items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill.
  • live and learn — gain knowledge and experience
  • liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • living bandage — a method of treating severe burns or other skin injuries in which cultured cells grown from a sample of the patient's own skin are applied to the wound in order to stimulate new cell growth and avoid problems of graft rejection
  • living picture — tableau (def 3).
  • 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)".
  • logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
  • longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
  • love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
  • lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
  • 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".
  • manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
  • mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
  • medieval greek — the Greek language of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500. Abbreviation: MGk, MGk., MGr.
  • medieval latin — the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. Abbreviation: ML, M.L.
  • medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
  • microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
  • millivoltmeter — A voltmeter that is sensitive enough to produce readings on the millivolt scale.
  • 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.
  • multiversities — Plural form of multiversity.
  • music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
  • natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • nervous nellie — a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.
  • non-collective — formed by collection.
  • non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
  • 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-reflective — not capable of or not designed to reflect light
  • non-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • nonconvertible — Not convertible; that cannot be exchanged for an equivalent.
  • noncorrelative — Not correlative.
  • nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
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