11-letter words containing a, i, r, v
- inward dive — a dive in which the athlete stands with back to the water, takes off, and rotates toward the board.
- irradiative — That irradiates.
- irrelevance — the quality or condition of being irrelevant.
- irrelevancy — irrelevance.
- irremovable — not removable.
- irremovably — So as not to be removable.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.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 black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- 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 traviata — an opera (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- 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.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- 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.
- larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
- larvivorous — feeding on larvae; larva-eating.
- 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.
- mcgillivray — Alexander, 1759?–93, Native American chief of the Creek nation.
- 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.
- microvillar — Of or pertaining to a microvillus.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.