11-letter words containing a, r, v, o
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- revisionary — the act or work of revising.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- slave labor — persons, especially a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp; a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- sugar grove — sugarbush (def 2).
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
- thrash over — to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
- travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
- travel shot — a camera shot taken from a mobile platform, dolly, or the like, that keeps within range of a moving subject.
- travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
- unapproving — expressing disapproval or displeasure
- unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfavorably — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unflavoured — not flavoured
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- unremovable — that may be removed.
- unrevokable — that may be revoked.
- unveracious — (of a person) not veracious; not tending to speak the truth; untruthful
- up-and-over — (of a door, etc) opened by being lifted and moved into a horizontal position
- upper volta — former name of Burkina Faso.
- vaccinatory — used for or relating to vaccination
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- vallombrosa — a resort in central Italy, near Florence: famous abbey.
- vapor cloud — A vapor cloud is vapor which has gathered in one place.
- vapor phase — In its vapor phase a substance can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.