14-letter words containing v, e, n, r, a, l
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
- greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-evergreen — having leaves which may or may not remain green throughout the year
- hand-delivered — (of a letter or parcel) delivered by the sender rather than a postman or courier
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
- interventional — the act or fact of intervening.
- intervertebral — situated between the vertebrae.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
- learner driver — a person who is learning to drive
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- leavened bread — bread that contains a raising agent, such as yeast
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- 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-engraving — a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
- live and learn — gain knowledge and experience
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- non-reservable — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncorrelative — Not correlative.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonrecoverable — unable to be claimed back; damaged or lost forever
- novell netware — (operating system, networking) Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. NetWare for Unix lets users access Unix hosts. NetWare 2.2 is a 16-bit operating system, versions 4.x and 3.x are 32-bit operating systems.
- over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- overallocation — Excess allocation.