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13-letter words containing a, v, e, m

  • dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
  • endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
  • environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
  • ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
  • false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
  • family values — belief in traditional family unit
  • ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
  • film festival — a festival devoted to film
  • five-and-dime — a shop that sells a wide variety of things at a cheap price
  • fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
  • foramen ovale — the small, oval opening in the wall that separates the atria of the heart in a normal fetus: it allows blood to bypass the nonfunctioning fetal lungs until the time of birth when it gradually closes up
  • formal review — (project)   A technical review conducted with the customer including the types of reviews called for in DOD-STD-2167A (Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, etc.)
  • fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
  • galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
  • get a move on — to pass from one place or position to another.
  • gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
  • gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
  • grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
  • harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
  • have a mad on — to be angry
  • heavy element — any element heavier than helium
  • home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
  • ice-cream van — a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery
  • imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
  • imitativeness — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
  • immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
  • impassiveness — The state of being impassive.
  • imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
  • imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
  • implicatively — In an implicative way.
  • impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
  • improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
  • informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
  • informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • invisible man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
  • lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
  • levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
  • machiavellian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
  • magnetomotive — (physics) capable of producing magnetic flux.
  • maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
  • make a living — earn money
  • malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
  • mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
  • manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
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