13-letter words containing v, e, r, m
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- foramen ovale — the small, oval opening in the wall that separates the atria of the heart in a normal fetus: it allows blood to bypass the nonfunctioning fetal lungs until the time of birth when it gradually closes up
- formal review — (project) A technical review conducted with the customer including the types of reviews called for in DOD-STD-2167A (Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, etc.)
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- governmentese — complicated or obscurantist language thought to be characteristic of government bureaucratic statements; officialese.
- gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- ice-cream van — a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery
- immersiveness — The quality or degree of being immersive.
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- improgressive — (archaic) Not progressive.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
- 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.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- 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.