11-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- avocational — of or relating to avocation
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bcg vaccine — a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.
- bean weevil — any of various beetles of the family Bruchidae (or Lariidae), the larvae of which live in the seeds of leguminous plants
- benefactive — of or relating to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son.
- bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
- cablevision — cable television.
- cakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- captivating — Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you.
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- caravanning — Caravanning is the activity of having a holiday in a caravan.
- carminative — able to relieve flatulence
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- cavaliering — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavillation — any objection made to or dispute raised about trivial points or frivolities
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- civilianize — to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc) from military to nonmilitary
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- comminative — comminatory
- concavities — Plural form of concavity.
- conceivable — If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it.
- conceivably — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- confutative — That confutes.
- conjugative — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- conjunctiva — the delicate mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the undersurface of the eyelid
- connotative — (of a word or expression) signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning: A connotative word such as “steely” would never be used when referring to a woman.
- contractive — having the power of contracting
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contrivable — Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
- contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.