11-letter words containing a, l, e, v
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
- black olive — a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras, having leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- bleed valve — a valve for running off a liquid from a tank, tube, etc, or for allowing accumulations of gas in a liquid to blow off
- brake lever — (on a bicycle) a lever on the handlebar that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
- cablevision — cable television.
- calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactive — producing heat
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caressively — caressingly
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- castelvetro — Lodovico [loh-duh-vee-koh;; Italian law-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌloʊ dəˈvi koʊ;; Italian ˌlɔ dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1505–71, Italian philologist and literary critic.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- cavaliering — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
- cavolo nero — an Italian variety of cabbage with dark green leaves
- celebrative — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- cervicalgia — Neck pain.
- charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- check valve — a valve that closes by fluid pressure to prevent return flow
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- civilianize — to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc) from military to nonmilitary
- clack valve — a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- cleanshaven — having all the hairs shaved off
- clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
- close shave — a narrow escape
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
- coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- combatively — In a combative way.
- conceivable — If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it.
- conceivably — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- conservable — capable of being conserved: conservable fruits.
- contrivable — Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
- convalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of convalesce.
- conventuals — Plural form of conventual.