14-letter words containing v, o, l, u
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- nervous nellie — a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-evaluative — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- non-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncultivation — the state of not cultivating
- nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nouvelle vague — a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., especially in an art form.
- octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
- omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
- outlet village — a collection of shops or outlets where manufacturers sell their own branded goods, often at discounted prices
- over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.