12-letter words containing v, a, i, l
- malvern hill — a plateau in E Virginia, SE of Richmond: battle 1862.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- meditatively — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- mib variable — A managed object that is defined in a Management Information Base (MIB). The object is defined by a textual name and a corresponding object identifier, a syntax, an access mode, a status, and a description of the semantics of the managed object. The MIB Variable contains pertinent management information that is accessible as defined by the access mode.
- michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- 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.
- 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.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- 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.
- multivitamin — containing or consisting of several vitamins: multivitamin capsules.
- nail varnish — nail polish.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigational — the act or process of navigating.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-civilian — a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- non-volatile — non-volatile storage
- nontrivially — In a nontrivial manner.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nonviability — The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.