10-letter words containing m, v
- home movie — an amateur film
- home video — a videotape recorded by camcorder generally for noncommercial use, especially for viewing at home.
- home visit — a visit by a health professional to a patient in their home
- home-lover — a person who enjoys being at home and who is fond of their family
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- howsomever — in whatever manner, although
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- immovables — Plural form of immovable.
- immoveable — Alternative spelling of immovable.
- impeditive — Causing hindrance; impeding.
- imperative — imperative language
- impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- impressive — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improve on — refine, develop
- improvised — made or said without previous preparation: an improvised skit.
- improviser — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improvises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise.
- imputative — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- in my view — You use in my view when you want to indicate that you are stating a personal opinion, which other people might not agree with.
- individuum — an indivisible entity; something that cannot be divided
- intravitam — during life
- invalidism — prolonged ill health.
- investment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invitement — the act of enticing or attracting
- involucrum — involucre.
- ivermectin — a drug that kills parasitic nematode worms, mites, and insects. It is used to treat a variety of parasitic infections in domestic animals and onchocerciasis in humans
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
- kolmogorov — Andrei Nikolaevich (anˈdrjej nikaˈlajəvitʃ). (1903–87), Soviet mathematician, who made important contributions to the theoretical foundations of probability
- lamivudine — (medicine) A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine that is used for the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lemon vine — Barbados gooseberry (def 1).
- leverhulme — Viscount (William Hesketh Lever) 1851–1925, English soap manufacturer, originator of an employee profit-sharing plan, and founder of a model industrial town.
- limitative — limiting; restrictive.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- live steam — steam direct from the boiler and at full pressure, ready for use in work.
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- livingroom — Alternative form of 'living room'.
- locomotive — a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- macrolevel — at or on a level that is large in scale or scope: macrolevel research on crime rates in urban areas.
- mahasattva — A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- mandeville — Bernard de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.
- maneuvered — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.