14-letter words containing m, e, l, v
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
- ujamaa village — communally organized village in Tanzania
- unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- value judgment — an estimate, usually subjective, of the worth, quality, goodness, evil, etc., of something or someone.
- valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- well motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- well-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- wyoming valley — a valley in NE Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River: Indian massacre 1778.