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15-letter words containing v, e, n, l, a

  • davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
  • dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
  • divide and rule — You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them.
  • dorsiventrality — The quality of being dorsiventral.
  • dorsoventrality — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • dose equivalent — a unit that quantifies the biological effectiveness of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, obtained by multiplying the absorbed dose by dimensionless factors that account for the kind of radiation, its energy, and the nature of the absorber: measured in Sievert or rem.
  • double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
  • dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • electronegative — Electrically negative.
  • eleventh-grader — a student in the eleventh grade of high school
  • engraving plate — a metal, usually steel, plate on which an image is engraved in order to be reproduced
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • Évian-les-bains — a resort and spa town in E France, on Lake Geneva opposite Lausanne; noted for its bottled mineral waters. Pop: 8064 (2006)
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • fountain valley — a city in SW California.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
  • gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
  • general average — Insurance. any damage or loss to a ship or its cargo voluntarily sustained, as freight jettisoned in a storm, by all parties to a voyage (distinguished from particular average). Abbreviation: G.A.
  • general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
  • glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
  • gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
  • green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
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