10-letter words containing v, m, a
- favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- flavorsome — of a full, rich, pleasant flavor; tasty.
- formatives — Plural form of formative.
- german ivy — a twining composite plant, Senecio mikanioides, native to southern Africa, having ivy-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- given name — the name given to one, as distinguished from an inherited family name; first name; Christian name: His given name is John.
- glovemaker — A maker of gloves; a glover.
- gravimeter — an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a solid or liquid.
- gravimetry — the measurement of weight or density.
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- harvestman — daddy-longlegs (def 1).
- harvestmen — Plural form of harvestman.
- home leave — holiday time for a person who works abroad, during which they can go home
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- immovables — Plural form of immovable.
- immoveable — Alternative spelling of immovable.
- imperative — imperative language
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- imputative — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- intravitam — during life
- invalidism — prolonged ill health.
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
- lamivudine — (medicine) A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine that is used for the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- limitative — limiting; restrictive.
- live steam — steam direct from the boiler and at full pressure, ready for use in work.
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- macrolevel — at or on a level that is large in scale or scope: macrolevel research on crime rates in urban areas.
- mahasattva — A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- mandeville — Bernard de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.
- maneuvered — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- maneuverer — One who maneuvers.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manservant — a male servant, especially a valet.
- margravate — the province or territory of a margrave.
- margravial — Of or relating to a margrave.
- margravine — the wife of a margrave.
- marheshvan — Heshvan.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- marvelment — The state of marvelling; amazement.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence