12-letter words containing v, m, e
- family leave — a leave of absence from work in order to have or take care of a baby or to care for an ailing family member.
- fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- for evermore — forever; always
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- game reserve — wildlife park, safari park
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- graven image — an idol.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hair remover — depilatory cream
- harlem river — tidal river separating Manhattan Island from the Bronx &, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connecting the East River with the Hudson: c. 8 mi (12.9 km)
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- have in mind — to remember
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- hiram revels — Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- imperatively — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- imperceptive — not perceptive; lacking perception.
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- impoverisher — Someone who impoverishes.
- impoverishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- imputatively — In an imputative fashion or manner.
- insubmissive — Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- intempestive — untimely or inopportune
- intermissive — of, relating to, or characterized by intermission.
- inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- involvements — Plural form of involvement.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- 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.
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.