13-letter words containing v, e
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legal reserve — the amount of cash assets that a bank, insurance company, etc., is required by law to set aside as reserves.
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- leonine verse — a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
- lesser weever — either of two small, European, marine fishes of the genus Trachinus, T. draco (greater weever) or T. vipera (lesser weever) having highly poisonous dorsal spines.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- level 1 cache — primary cache
- level 2 cache — secondary cache
- level pegging — If two opponents in a competition or contest are level pegging, they are equal with each other.
- level5 object — From Information Builders.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- light vehicle — a vehicle designed to carry loads or a small number of passengers up to an officially determined weight, such as a scooter, motorbike, rickshaw, etc
- light-o'-love — a lover.
- live together — cohabit
- liver extract — an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- loan-to-value — the ratio between the sum of money lent in a mortgage agreement and the lender's valuation of the property involved
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- love for love — a comedy (1695) by William Congreve.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- low explosive — a relatively slow-burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- machiavellian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- magnetomotive — (physics) capable of producing magnetic flux.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- make a living — earn money
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantelshelves — Plural form of mantelshelf.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.