12-letter words containing v, u
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- 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.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- 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.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- mare vaporum — (Sea of Vapors) a dark plain in the first quadrant and near the center of the face of the moon: about 39,000 sq. mi. (101,000 sq. km).
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- mauvaise foi — (in the philosophy of Sartre) the expression usually rendered as bad faith
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- merveilleuse — marvellous
- microvillous — Relating to microvilli.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- mount vernon — the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multi-volume — consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multileveled — having different levels or planes: a multilevel stage set.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- multivariant — Characterised by multiple variables.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- multivitamin — containing or consisting of several vitamins: multivitamin capsules.
- multivoltine — producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.
- muscovy duck — a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- neurodiverse — Exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration.
- non-covetous — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment