13-letter words containing m, o, v, i, n
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- monte cervino — a mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4477 m (14 688 ft)
- moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
- mosaic vision — a type of vision hypothesized for the insect compound eye, in which the image is formed by hundreds of separate ommatidia.
- mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- non-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- nonautomotive — Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- normotensives — Plural form of normotensive.
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdetermine — Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overimitation — a result or product of imitating.
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- reinvolvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- uncompetitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- uninformative — not educational
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- vanity mirror — a small mirror contained in the sun visor of a car
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- victimization — to make a victim of.
- vinson massif — a mountain in Antarctica, near the Ronne Ice Shelf: highest point on Antarctica; discovered 1935. About 16,864 feet (5140 meters).
- vinyl polymer — any of a group of compounds derived by polymerization from vinyl compounds, as vinyl acetate and styrene.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- vision mixing — the work of selecting and manipulating the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- vocationalism — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- volcanic bomb — bomb (def 3).
- women in love — a novel (1920) by D. H. Lawrence.