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16-letter words containing v, m, a

  • shaker and mover — mover and shaker
  • shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
  • silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
  • south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
  • steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
  • to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
  • trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • valet de chambre — valet (def 1).
  • valles marineris — a canyon on Mars, 3100 miles (5000 km) in length, named after the Mariner spacecraft.
  • vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
  • vascular cambium — cambium.
  • vaughan williamsRalph, 1872–1958, English composer.
  • vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
  • vegetable marrow — any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini.
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
  • vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
  • visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
  • visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
  • voice of america — the division of the United States Information Agency that broadcasts daily programs of news and entertainment throughout the world. Abbreviation: VOA, V.O.A.
  • voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
  • yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.
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