15-letter words containing v, m
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- customs service — The Customs Service is a United States federal organization which is responsible for collecting taxes on imported and exported goods. Compare Customs and Excise.
- cuticle remover — a substance used to remove the cuticle from around the base of one's nails
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- delivery system — any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
- demi-vegetarian — a person who eats poultry and fish, but no red meat
- demisemiquavers — Plural form of demisemiquaver.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- disassimilative — of or relating to disassimilation
- divertissements — Plural form of divertissement.
- dumpster diving — the practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.
- environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
- erosive mixture — An erosive mixture is a mixture containing substances that wear away components or cause problems with the flow of oil along pipelines.
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- experimentative — having a tendency to experiment; experimental; of the nature of an experiment
- family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
- french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
- furniture mover — person: removal worker
- galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- give sth a miss — If you give something a miss, you decide not to do it or not to go to it.
- give them heaps — to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team
- government bond — a bond issued by a country's government, in its own currency
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
- gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- have a smack at — to attempt
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- imitative magic — magic that attempts to control the universe through the mimicking of a desired event, as by stabbing an image of an enemy in an effort to destroy him or her or by performing a ritual dance imitative of the growth of food in an effort to secure an abundant supply; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that similar actions produce similar results.
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- imperial valley — an irrigated agricultural region in SE California, adjacent to Mexico, formerly a part of the Colorado Desert: it is largely below sea level and contains the Salton Sink.
- imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatorial — relating to an improvisator
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.