13-letter words containing v, i, l
- invisible man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- invisibleness — The state of being invisible; invisibility.
- invitationals — Plural form of invitational.
- invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
- involuntarily — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- irrecoverable — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- irrepleviable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- irretrievable — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- irretrievably — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- irving berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- jovian planet — any of the four large outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- laevorotation — a rotation to the left
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- 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.
- level pegging — If two opponents in a competition or contest are level pegging, they are equal with each other.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- 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 fossil — an organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group and that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function over a long period of time, as the coelacanth and the horseshoe crab.
- 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.
- long division — division, usually by a number of two or more digits, in which each step of the process is written down.
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- 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.
- lula da silva — Luiz Inácio (ˈlwiʃ iˈnasju). born 1945, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2003–2011)
- machiavellian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- make a living — earn money
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.