11-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- iteratively — repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- la louviere — a city in S Belgium, S of Brussels.
- la valliere — Duchesse de [dy-shes duh] /dyˈʃɛs də/ (Show IPA), (Francoise Louise de la Baume Le Blanc) 1644–1710, French noblewoman and mistress of Louis XIV of France: later a religious.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- larch river — a river in N Quebec, Canada, flowing NE to the Caniapiscau River. 270 miles (434 km) long.
- latin lover — seductive Latin American man
- lawyer vine — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- 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.
- line starve — (MIT, opposite of line feed) 1. To feed paper through a printer the wrong way by one line (most printers can't do this). On a display terminal, to move the cursor up to the previous line of the screen. "To print "X squared", you just output "X", line starve, "2", line feed." (The line starve causes the "2" to appear on the line above the "X", and the line feed gets back to the original line.) 2. A character (or character sequence) that causes a terminal to perform this action. ASCII 26, also called SUB or control-Z, was one common line-starve character in the days before microcomputers and the X3.64 terminal standard. Unlike "line feed", "line starve" is *not* standard ASCII terminology. Even among hackers it is considered silly. 3. (Proposed) A sequence such as \c (used in System V echo, as well as nroff and troff) that suppresses a newline or other character(s) that would normally be emitted.
- live-bearer — any viviparous fish of the family Poeciliidae, often kept in home aquariums.
- livebearers — Plural form of livebearer.
- liver salts — a preparation of mineral salts used to treat indigestion
- love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- maiden over — Cricket. an over in which no runs are made.
- maidservant — a female servant.
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- maneuvering — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvring — A manoeuvre.
- margraviate — Alternative spelling of margravate.
- margravines — Plural form of margravine.
- marivaudage — Writing style characterized by the refined affection, originating from the writing of the French novelist w Pierre de Marivaux.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- megadiverse — Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.
- mensurative — adapted for or concerned with measuring.
- merovingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty established by Clovis, which reigned in Gaul and Germany from a.d. 476 to 751.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- miscreative — creating evil
- movie actor — film star
- movie maker — someone who produces films or movies
- moviemakers — Plural form of moviemaker.
- multiversal — Of or pertaining to the multiverse.
- narratively — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- native-born — born in the place or country indicated: a native-born Australian.
- nervuration — the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- night raven — a bird that cries in the night.
- nonabrasive — not causing abrasion.
- nonachiever — a student who fares poorly in the classroom or has failing grades.
- noncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
- nonreactive — tending to react.
- nonrelative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- nonverbatim — Not verbatim, i.e. not corresponding to the original, word for word.