14-letter words containing ve
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- inverse cosine — arc cosine.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- jesus movement — Christian movement that combined a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
- launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
- lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
- learner driver — a person who is learning to drive
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- leavened bread — bread that contains a raising agent, such as yeast
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- life preserver — a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
- line-item veto — the power of the executive to veto particular items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill.
- live and learn — gain knowledge and experience
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- maldevelopment — malformation
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- 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.
- mattress cover — a cover that can be put over a mattress before a bed sheet, providing further protection
- mean sea level — (in the UK) the sea level used by the Ordnance Survey as a datum level, determined at Newlyn in Cornwall
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- megavertebrate — a very big vertebrate, such as a rhinoceros