15-letter words containing v, e, r, i
- ipsissima verba — with the very words; verbatim.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- irreversibility — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- irvine dataflow — (language) (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
- island universe — an external galaxy.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- lamino-alveolar — articulated with the blade of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
- leonid andreyev — Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
- levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
- literary device — technique used in writing
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- living quarters — accommodation
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- lord it over sb — If someone lords it over you, they act in a way that shows that they think they are better than you, especially by giving lots of orders.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
- lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
- maidenhair-vine — wire vine.
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- mariano vallejo — César [Spanish se-sahr] /Spanish ˈsɛ sɑr/ (Show IPA), 1895–1938, Peruvian poet.
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- maternity leave — a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
- media converter — (networking) A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- morning service — a regular church service in the mornng
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
- native american — a person born in the United States.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.