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17-letter words containing l, a, v

  • gross value added — the aggregate of values added throughout an economy, which represents that economy's gross domestic product
  • gulf of venezuela — an inlet of the Caribbean in NW Venezuela: continues south as Lake Maracaibo
  • gustavus adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
  • gustavus-adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
  • harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • harvey wallbanger — a screwdriver cocktail topped with Galliano.
  • have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
  • heavy mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
  • heimlich maneuver — an emergency rescue procedure for application to someone choking on a foreign object, in which the rescuer places a fist between the victim's lower ribs or upper abdomen from behind and exerts sudden pressure in the form of thrusts of sufficient force to help eject the object from the windpipe.
  • homovanillic acid — the end product of dopamine metabolism, C 9 H 10 O 4 , found in human urine.
  • household cavalry — (in Britain) cavalry units forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • hydrothermal vent — an opening on the floor of the sea from which hot, mineral-rich solutions issue. Compare vent1 (def 2).
  • hypoglossal nerve — either one of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the tongue.
  • implosive-therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
  • improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
  • inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
  • incremental value — increased value measured on an index or scale
  • individual medley — a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay (def 2).
  • individualisation — Alternative spelling of individualization.
  • individualization — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
  • infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
  • instance variable — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, one of the variables of a class template which may have a different value for each object of that class. Instance variables hold the state of an object.
  • intergovernmental — involving two or more governments or levels of government.
  • interval estimate — the interval used as an estimate in interval estimation; a confidence interval.
  • interval training — an exercise and training program in which each session consists of periods of intense exertion alternating with periods of rest or lighter exertion.
  • intragovernmental — Within a government.
  • invincible armada — Armada.
  • invisible balance — the difference in value between total exports of services plus payment of property incomes from abroad and total imports of services plus payment abroad of property incomes
  • irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
  • ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
  • juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
  • kvatro telecom as — (company)   The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
  • laccadive islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: part of Lakshadweep territory
  • large-leaved lime — an ornamental European tree with small pale yellow flowers and which grown on lime-rich soils
  • lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
  • lee harvey oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
  • leonardo da vinci — Leonardo [lee-uh-nahr-doh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
  • level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
  • light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kg).
  • live and let live — be tolerant of others
  • livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
  • longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
  • macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • maurice chevalier — Maurice (Auguste) [maw-rees aw-guh st;; French moh-rees oh-gyst] /mɔˈris ˈɔ gəst;; French moʊˈris oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, French actor and singer.
  • megaelectron volt — million electron volts.
  • microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
  • mikhail gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
  • military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty
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