10-letter words containing m, v
- maneuverer — One who maneuvers.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manservant — a male servant, especially a valet.
- margravate — the province or territory of a margrave.
- margravial — Of or relating to a margrave.
- margravine — the wife of a margrave.
- marheshvan — Heshvan.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- marvelment — The state of marvelling; amazement.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- mass grave — burial place: many bodies
- mass leave — (in India) leave taken by a large number of employees at the same time, as a form of protest
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- mean value — the ratio of the integral of a given function over a closed interval to the length of the interval.
- medicative — medicinal.
- medievally — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- meditative — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- mediumwave — Of radio waves, having a wavelength of approximately 100 to 1000 meters.
- melvindale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- mendeleyev — Dmitri Ivanovich [dmyee-tryee ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˈdmyi tryi iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1834–1907, Russian chemist: helped develop the periodic law.
- mesa verde — a national park in SW Colorado: ruins of prehistoric cliff dwellings. 80 sq. mi. (207 sq. km).
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- meta-vlisp — (language) An innovative Lisp dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France.
- mezza voce — (in singing) softly; quietly
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- microdrive — a type of memory card that has moving parts and can store large amounts of data
- microlevel — A microscopic level.
- microvilli — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- microvolts — Plural form of microvolt.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- mihailovic — Draža [Serbo-Croatian. drah-zhah] /Serbo-Croatian. ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), Mikhailovitch, Draja.
- milk fever — Pathology. fever coinciding with the beginning of lactation, formerly believed to be due to lactation but really due to infection.
- milk gravy — a gravy or sauce made from cooking fat, milk, flour, and seasonings.
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- millivolts — Plural form of millivolt.
- minivacuum — a small, handheld vacuum cleaner, as for vacuuming upholstered furniture or car seats, or other relatively small areas.
- minivolley — a version of volleyball played with fewer players per team than the standard number of six
- misadvised — Simple past tense and past participle of misadvise.
- misadvises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misadvise.
- misbehaved — Simple past tense and past participle of misbehave.
- misbehaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbehave.
- misbelieve — to believe wrongly; hold an erroneous belief.
- mischivous — Obsolete spelling of mischievous.