12-letter words containing m, c, v
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- locomotivity — the capability of moving from one place to another
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
- michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- microvessels — Plural form of microvessel.
- microvillous — Relating to microvilli.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middle voice — the voice or form used when the subject of a verb performs an action on itself (often the reflexive form)
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- misconceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive.
- misconceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconceive.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
- movie camera — motion-picture camera
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- muscovy duck — a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- noncombative — Not combative.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- once removed — relative: one generation older
- over-complex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- overcompress — to compress, squeeze or condense excessively
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- room service — the serving of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in his or her room, as at a hotel.
- 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.
- 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.
- subjectivism — Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.