12-letter words containing m, v
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- microvessels — Plural form of microvessel.
- microvillous — Relating to microvilli.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middle river — a city in N Maryland: suburb of Baltimore.
- middle voice — the voice or form used when the subject of a verb performs an action on itself (often the reflexive form)
- middle-level — occurring at or having a middle or intermediate position or status: middle-level management.
- milk-livered — timid; cowardly
- millisievert — (physics) A unit of ionizing radiation equal to 10-3 sieverts.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- mis-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- misconceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive.
- misconceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconceive.
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mitral valve — the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart, consisting of two triangular flaps of tissue, that prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium.
- mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- mons veneris — the mons pubis of the human female.
- morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- motivational — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- motivelessly — Without a motive.
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
- mount vernon — the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- movelessness — the state of being without movement or motion
- movie camera — motion-picture camera
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multi-volume — consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multileveled — having different levels or planes: a multilevel stage set.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- multivariant — Characterised by multiple variables.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.