13-letter words containing v, a, n, e
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- loan-to-value — the ratio between the sum of money lent in a mortgage agreement and the lender's valuation of the property involved
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- machiavellian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- magnetomotive — (physics) capable of producing magnetic flux.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- make a living — earn money
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- 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
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantelshelves — Plural form of mantelshelf.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- mass movement — an organized effort by a large number of people, especially those not forming part of the elite of a given society, to bring about pervasive changes in existing social, economic, or political institutions, frequently characterized by charismatic leadership.
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- metanarrative — A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- 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.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- native states — the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore
- native tongue — first language
- 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 academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.