11-letter words containing a, c, e, s, v
- conveyances — Plural form of conveyance.
- covenanters — Plural form of covenanter.
- covenantors — Plural form of covenantor.
- cover glass — a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- desiccative — Causing to desiccate, dry.
- distractive — tending to distract.
- ecoactivist — One who takes part in ecoactivism.
- ecovillages — Plural form of ecovillage.
- equivocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate.
- erev pesach — the day before Passover
- evacuations — Plural form of evacuation.
- evanescence — The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
- eviscerated — Disembowel (a person or animal).
- eviscerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eviscerate.
- eviscerator — Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
- excavations — Plural form of excavation.
- exsiccative — Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
- extractives — Plural form of extractive.
- face-saving — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- fascinative — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
- headscarves — Plural form of headscarf.
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- inactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inactivate.
- insectivora — the order comprising the insectivores.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- miscreative — creating evil
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- oscillative — disposed to oscillation
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
- overclasses — Plural form of overclass.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- screensaver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- semi-active — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- social evil — prostitution.