11-letter words containing a, v, e, r, s
- slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- square wave — a graph, function, vibration, etc., that is periodic and equal to one constant on one half of the period and a different constant, which may be zero, on the other half.
- stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- sugar grove — sugarbush (def 2).
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- swamp fever — leptospirosis.
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- tea service — a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
- texas fever — babesiosis of cattle.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- the wharves — the working area of a dock
- 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
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
- transvaaler — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- transversal — transverse.
- transverses — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- transverter — a piece of equipment attached to a radio transceiver to enable it to transmit and receive on additional frequencies
- travel shot — a camera shot taken from a mobile platform, dolly, or the like, that keeps within range of a moving subject.
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
- ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
- un-abrasive — any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- uneven bars — gym: exercise apparatus
- unharvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- universally — in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unseverable — capable of being severed.
- untraversed — not traversed; that has not been traversed