19-letter words containing l, a, v, i, e
- lady of the evening — a prostitute.
- legislative council — the upper house of a bicameral legislature.
- let someone have it — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- level of attainment — one of ten groupings, each with its own attainment criteria based on pupil age and ability, within which a pupil is assessed
- level playing field — a state of equality; an equal opportunity.
- lieutenant governor — a state officer next in rank to a governor, who takes the governor's place in case of the latter's absence, disability, or death.
- long live/ long may — You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time.
- love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
- lymphoproliferative — Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
- magnetic levitation — the suspension of an object above or below a second object by means of magnetic repulsion or attraction.
- male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
- massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
- memory like a sieve — a very poor memory
- mid-autumn festival — a Chinese festival that is held to celebrate the end of the summer harvest, when the crops have been gathered.
- military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
- mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- multiple-entry visa — a visa that permits the holder to enter a country several times
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
- national convention — French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
- national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
- neville chamberlain — (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
- niccolo machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- nominative absolute — a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.
- non-volatile memory — non-volatile storage
- nonforfeiture value — any benefit, as cash or other form of insurance, available to a life-insurance policyholder who discontinues premium payments on the policy.
- oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
- observation balloon — a balloon that is used for gathering information and reconnaissance purposes and spotting aircraft
- off-highway vehicle — An off-highway vehicle is a vehicle, such as one used for construction or agriculture, that is intended for use on steep or uneven ground.
- olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
- over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- over-commercialized — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- parainfluenza virus — any of a group of viruses that cause respiratory infections with influenza-like symptoms, esp in children
- particular negative — a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” Symbol: O.
- perpetual inventory — a form of stock control in which running records are kept of all acquisitions and disposals
- photovoltaic effect — the phenomenon in which the incidence of light or other electromagnetic radiation upon the junction of two dissimilar materials, as a metal and a semiconductor, induces the generation of an electromotive force.
- play the devil with — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
- private first class — a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- professional advice — advice given by someone trained in a particular and relevant profession or job
- psychological novel — a novel that focuses on the complex mental and emotional lives of its characters and explores the various levels of mental activity.
- pyorrhea alveolaris — a chronic periodontitis of the gums and tooth sockets, characterized by the formation of pus and, usually, by loosening of the teeth
- pyorrhea-alveolaris — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
- reciprocal leveling — leveling between two widely separated points in which observations are made in both directions to eliminate the effects of atmospheric refraction and the curvature of the earth.
- relative complement — the set of elements contained in a given set that are not elements of another specified set.
- relative impediment — a fact or circumstance that disqualifies from lawful marriage persons who are closely related.