14-letter words containing v, u, l
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- multiple value — (database) (MU) A one-to-many relationship between entries in a database, for example a person may have an address field which spanned multiple records (with different indexes). Multiple values are a non-relational technique. MUs have recently been made available in DB2, despite the product being so heavily influenced by Codd's Laws of relational databases.
- multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
- multiversities — Plural form of multiversity.
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- 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.
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- 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.