12-letter words containing m, a, r, v, e
- 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.
- power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- 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.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- reserve team — a second team of a sports club, such as a football club, made up of emerging and young players
- reverse arms — to turn one's arms upside down, esp as a token of mourning
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- 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
- 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 servo — a servomechanism that is operated by the lowering of pressure in the intake duct of an internal-combustion engine
- val-de-marne — a department in N France. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km). Capital: Créteil.
- variety meat — edible meat other than the usual flesh, especially organs, as tongue and liver.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- woman driver — a female driver