12-letter words containing v, e, r, i
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- live in fear — You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- live-forever — a widely cultivated succulent plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, coarsely toothed leaves and flat clusters of purplish flowers.
- liverishness — Quality of being liverish.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- loretteville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Quebec.
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lumber river — a river in S central North Carolina and NE South Carolina, flowing SE and S to the Little Pee Dee River. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- madeira vine — a herbaceous tropical vine, Anredera cordifolia, having shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- malvern hill — a plateau in E Virginia, SE of Richmond: battle 1862.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- median nerve — a nerve that carries impulses between a part of the body and the central nervous system
- merrillville — a town in NE Indiana.
- merveilleuse — marvellous
- 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.
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- microvessels — Plural form of microvessel.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middle river — a city in N Maryland: suburb of Baltimore.
- 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.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- 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.
- mons veneris — the mons pubis of the human female.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.