12-letter words containing a, v, e, m
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- envenomation — The injection of a venom etc by means of a sting, etc.
- envisagement — The act of envisaging.
- evening meal — dinner or supper
- family leave — a leave of absence from work in order to have or take care of a baby or to care for an ailing family member.
- fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- game reserve — wildlife park, safari park
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- graven image — an idol.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hair remover — depilatory cream
- harlem river — tidal river separating Manhattan Island from the Bronx &, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connecting the East River with the Hudson: c. 8 mi (12.9 km)
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- have in mind — to remember
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- hiram revels — Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- imperatively — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- imputatively — In an imputative fashion or manner.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- madeira vine — a herbaceous tropical vine, Anredera cordifolia, having shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.