12-letter words containing a, v, e, m
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- vacuum brake — a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system
- vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking
- vacuum gauge — a device for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure in the receiver of an air pump, in steam condensers, and the like.
- vacuum servo — a servomechanism that is operated by the lowering of pressure in the intake duct of an internal-combustion engine
- vacuum valve — vacuum tube
- val-de-marne — a department in N France. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km). Capital: Créteil.
- value system — moral code, ethos
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine.
- variety meat — edible meat other than the usual flesh, especially organs, as tongue and liver.
- vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
- vellum paper — a creamy coloured heavy paper resembling vellum
- venn diagram — a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verumontanum — an elevation in the wall of the urethra
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- veto-message — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vice admiral — a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
- vice-admiral — a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
- video camera — a handheld or mounted portable camera intended for recording moving images in digital memory or on videotape.
- video gaming — the playing of video or computer games.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- vina del mar — a city in central Chile, near Valparaiso: seaside resort.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- vocal memnon — one of the two seated figures of the Colossus of Memnon: so called because it once emitted sounds when struck by the rays of the rising sun.
- weaving mill — a mill where cloth is woven
- woman driver — a female driver