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

  • delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
  • distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
  • diverticulated — having diverticula
  • diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
  • diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
  • dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
  • eau de javelle — Javel water.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
  • evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
  • ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
  • expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
  • exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
  • extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
  • favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
  • full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • haven't a clue — If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
  • inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
  • individualised — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • individualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualise.
  • individualized — Give an individual character to.
  • individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.
  • inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
  • insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
  • irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
  • job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
  • juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
  • juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • 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.
  • launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • 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.
  • liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
  • living picture — tableau (def 3).
  • logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
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