11-letter words containing a, s, i, t, v
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- survivalist — a person who makes preparations to survive a widespread catastrophe, as an atomic war or anarchy, especially by storing food and weapons in a safe place.
- svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- tax evasion — the nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- tea service — a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the heavies — a serious newspaper
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- time-saving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- tishah b'av — a Jewish fast day observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in memory of the destruction in Jerusalem of the First and Second Temples.
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- transit van — A Transit van is a type of van that is used for carrying goods.
- translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
- turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
- turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
- ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- unvisitable — (of a person or place) that cannot be visited
- valiantness — the quality or state of being valiant
- vanguardist — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanity case — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- vascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vasectomize — to perform a vasectomy on
- vasodilator — a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation.
- vasospastic — of or relating to a vasospasm
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- versability — the quality or state of being capable of being turned
- versatilely — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- versatility — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vestigially — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vestige: a vestigial tail.
- vesuvianite — a mineral, chiefly a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, commonly in tetragonal crystals and usually of a brown to green color; idocrase.
- vi et armis — a kind of trespass accompanied by force and violence
- vibratoless — without vibrato
- video nasty — A video nasty is an extremely violent or frightening film which people can only buy on video.
- vigilantism — a member of a vigilance committee.
- vinblastine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 58 N 4 O 9 , derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, especially in the management of lymphomas.
- vine cactus — the ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens.
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- virginalist — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- visual arts — painting, sculpture, cinema, etc.
- vital signs — pulse, temperature, breathing, etc.
- vitraillist — a person who makes stained-glass
- vladivostok — a seaport in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Sea of Japan: eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.