13-letter words containing v, m, e
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- ice-cream van — a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- imitativeness — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
- immersiveness — The quality or degree of being immersive.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- impassiveness — The state of being impassive.
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- implicatively — In an implicative way.
- 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.
- impulsiveness — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- in/given time — If you say that something will happen in time or given time, you mean that it will happen eventually, when a lot of time has passed.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- invisible man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- machiavellian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- magnetomotive — (physics) capable of producing magnetic flux.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- make a living — earn money
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- 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
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantelshelves — Plural form of mantelshelf.
- 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.
- mass movement — an organized effort by a large number of people, especially those not forming part of the elite of a given society, to bring about pervasive changes in existing social, economic, or political institutions, frequently characterized by charismatic leadership.
- massage glove — a type of glove with special surfaces on the palm and fingers, worn by someone giving a massage to improve the effectiveness of the massage
- medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- metanarrative — A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.