15-letter words containing v, i, d
- jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- king's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- leave the field — to back out of a competition, contest, 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.
- liquidity event — the ending of an investor's involvement in a business venture with a view to realizing a gain or loss from the investment
- literary device — technique used in writing
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- living standard — standard of living.
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- 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.
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- maidenhair-vine — wire vine.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- 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.
- melville island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, N of Canada, belonging to Canada. 200 miles (320 km) long; 130 miles (210 km) wide.
- mid-heavyweight — a professional wrestler weighing 199–209 pounds (91–95 kg)
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- multiple-valued — many-valued.
- native canadian — a person born in Canada of American Indian or Inuit descent.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
- new-variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- nizhni novgorod — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.
- nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
- node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
- non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
- oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- over-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- over-confidence — too confident.
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- over-engineered — unnecessarily complicated
- over-privileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.