12-letter words containing l, a, v, e, r
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- larval stage — Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
- live in fear — You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- lovers' lane — a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- malvern hill — a plateau in E Virginia, SE of Richmond: battle 1862.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- mib variable — A managed object that is defined in a Management Information Base (MIB). The object is defined by a textual name and a corresponding object identifier, a syntax, an access mode, a status, and a description of the semantics of the managed object. The MIB Variable contains pertinent management information that is accessible as defined by the access mode.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- mitral valve — the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart, consisting of two triangular flaps of tissue, that prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- nonremovable — that may be removed.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.