12-letter words containing i, m, o, v, a
- motivational — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- movie camera — motion-picture camera
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multivarious — Many and various.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nonimitative — not tending to imitate, not involving imitation
- nonnormative — Not normative.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- ovariotomist — a surgeon who performs ovariotomies
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- provitamin a — carotene.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- unmotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- 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.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- woman driver — a female driver