11-letter words containing a, d, v, i
- guided wave — a wave the energy of which is concentrated near a boundary or between parallel boundaries separating different materials and that has a direction of propagation parallel to these boundaries.
- hand waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- hand-waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- have had it — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have it bad — suffer disadvantage
- hiv-related — related to the HIV virus
- ill-advised — acting or done without due consideration; imprudent: an ill-advised remark.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- inactivated — Simple past tense and past participle of inactivate.
- inadvertent — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inadvisable — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inadvisably — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inadvisedly — In a manner that is not advisable.
- individable — indivisible
- individuall — Obsolete form of individual.
- individuals — Plural form of individual.
- individuate — to form into an individual or distinct entity.
- interleaved — Simple past tense and past participle of interleave.
- interweaved — to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
- invaginated — Simple past tense and past participle of invaginate.
- invalid car — a car specially equipped so that a handicapped person can drive it
- invalidated — Something made invalid.
- invalidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invalidate.
- invalidator — One who, or that which, makes invalid.
- invalidhood — the state or condition of being an invalid
- invalidness — Invalidity.
- invigilated — Simple past tense and past participle of invigilate.
- invigorated — Give strength or energy to.
- inward dive — a dive in which the athlete stands with back to the water, takes off, and rotates toward the board.
- irradiative — That irradiates.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- liard-river — a river in W Canada, flowing from S Yukon through N British Columbia and the Northwest Territories into the Mackenzie River. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- living dead — people who are very dull and boring
- magen david — Star of David.
- maiden over — Cricket. an over in which no runs are made.
- maidservant — a female servant.
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- marivaudage — Writing style characterized by the refined affection, originating from the writing of the French novelist w Pierre de Marivaux.
- media event — a celebration, stunt, spectacle, or other activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news media.
- medievalism — the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.
- medievalist — an expert in medieval history, literature, philosophy, etc.
- medievalize — To cause something to be more medieval.
- medium wave — Medium wave is a range of radio waves which are used for broadcasting.
- megadiverse — Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.
- metavanadic — designating or relating to an acid, HVO4, that is an oxyacid of vanadium
- misadvising — Present participle of misadvise.
- mogen david — Star of David.