13-letter words containing r, v
- macrovascular — Of or pertaining to the larger blood vessels.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- metanarrative — A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.
- mezzo-relievo — sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
- microvascular — Of or relating to the smallest blood vessels.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- midsummer eve — the evening preceding Midsummer Day: formerly believed to be a time when witches and other supernatural beings caused widespread mischief.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- mira variable — any of a group of long-period variable stars having a variability similar to that of the star Mira.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- misperceiving — Present participle of misperceive.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- monte cervino — a mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4477 m (14 688 ft)
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- 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.
- morbillivirus — a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae causing infectious diseases such as measles, distemper, or rinderpest
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- most reverend — title of high-ranking church minister
- motor vehicle — an automobile, truck, bus, or similar motor-driven conveyance.
- mount everest — Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- movie theater — a motion-picture theater.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- multivariable — having, involving or relying upon two or more variables, esp in statistics
- multivibrator — A device consisting of two amplifying transistors or valves, each with its output connected to the input of the other, producing an oscillatory signal.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- natural levee — a deposit of sand or mud built up along, and sloping away from, either side of the flood plain of a river or stream.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.