12-letter words containing v, e, r, m
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- unimpressive — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- unredemptive — serving to redeem.
- vacuum brake — a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system
- vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking
- vacuum servo — a servomechanism that is operated by the lowering of pressure in the intake duct of an internal-combustion engine
- val-de-marne — a department in N France. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km). Capital: Créteil.
- variety meat — edible meat other than the usual flesh, especially organs, as tongue and liver.
- vellum paper — a creamy coloured heavy paper resembling vellum
- venn diagram — a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- vermiculture — the raising and production of earthworms and their by-products.
- verticillium — a fungus in the Verticillium genus which normally affects plants or insects
- verumontanum — an elevation in the wall of the urethra
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- vesper mouse — white-footed mouse.
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- vice admiral — a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
- vice-admiral — a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
- vice-premier — a person who deputizes for a premier and serves in his or her place during his or her absence or indisposition
- video camera — a handheld or mounted portable camera intended for recording moving images in digital memory or on videotape.
- video memory — computer memory used for the processing and displaying of images
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- vina del mar — a city in central Chile, near Valparaiso: seaside resort.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- visceromotor — of or relating to the normal movements of the viscera, especially the digestive tract.
- vision mixer — the person who selects and manipulates the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- woman driver — a female driver