17-letter words containing m, e, l, v
- kvatro telecom as — (company) The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
- large-leaved lime — an ornamental European tree with small pale yellow flowers and which grown on lime-rich soils
- lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
- level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
- locomotive driver — an engine driver
- locomotive engine — a self-propelled engine driven by steam, electricity, or diesel power and used for drawing trains along railway tracks
- macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- maurice chevalier — Maurice (Auguste) [maw-rees aw-guh st;; French moh-rees oh-gyst] /mɔˈris ˈɔ gəst;; French moʊˈris oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, French actor and singer.
- megaelectron volt — million electron volts.
- microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
- mid-level network — (Or "regional network"). The kind of networks which make up the second level of the Internet hierarchy. They are the transit networks which connect the stub networks to the backbone networks.
- mikhail gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty
- military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
- movable-do system — a system of solmization in which the syllable do can be transposed to the tonic of any key.
- move one's bowels — to pass waste matter from the large intestine; defecate
- muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
- non-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
- phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
- private placement — a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- pro-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- promotional event — occasion organized to market or advertise sth
- relative humidity — the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh.
- relative majority — the excess of votes or seats won by the winner of an election over the runner-up when no candidate or party has more than 50 per cent
- relative pathname — (file system) A path relative to the working directory. Its first character can be anything but the pathname separator.
- relativistic mass — the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases.
- replacement value — insurance: sum required to replace sth
- rural development — social or economic activities or initiatives designed to improve the standard of living in areas far away from large towns or cities
- selective amnesia — the deliberate forgetting of something
- sentimental value — personal, emotional significance
- silver star medal — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded for gallantry in action
- sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
- small waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Horisme vitalbata, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
- small-leaved lime — Tilia cordata: a tiliaceous deciduous tree of the N temperate genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves and small fragrant yellowish flowers: cultivated for timber and as shade trees
- synovial membrane — anatomy: connective tissue
- terminal velocity — Physics. the velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity. the maximum velocity of a body falling through a viscous fluid.
- the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- twelve-mile limit — the offshore boundary of a state, extending 12 miles (19 km) at sea.
- universal grammar — a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages.
- urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
- vale of glamorgan — a county borough of S Wales, created in 1996 from parts of South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Barry. Pop: 121 200 (2003 est). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- valetudinarianism — the state, condition, or habits of a valetudinarian.
- valsalva maneuver — a forced expiratory effort against a closed glottis that decreases intrathoracic pressure, hampering venous return to the heart, and that can be used to inflate the Eustachian tubes and adjust pressure in the middle ear.
- van diemen's land — former name of Tasmania.
- variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
- vehicle emissions — substances emitted from a vehicle as a result of internal combustion
- velaric airstream — a current of mouth air produced by the action of the tongue, operant in forming click sounds.
- velocity of money — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.