12-letter words containing m, a, v, i
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- 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.
- primigravida — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- 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.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- 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.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- 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.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- 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
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- 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
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unmotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine.
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- variety meat — edible meat other than the usual flesh, especially organs, as tongue and liver.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- vina del mar — a city in central Chile, near Valparaiso: seaside resort.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- virginia ham — a ham from a hog fed on corn and peanuts, cured in hickory smoke.
- vitamin pill — a tablet containing a vitamin or vitamins
- vitamin-rich — (of a food or diet) containing a lot of vitamins or a lot of a particular vitamin
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).