11-letter words containing a, v, n
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- anti-soviet — opposed to anything characteristic of or relating to the former Soviet Union and its government
- antigravity — acting against the force of gravity
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- antivaccine — Opposed to vaccination.
- antiviolent — Acting against or opposing violence.
- antivitamin — a substance that inhibits the effects of a vitamin
- anvil cloud — another name for a cumulonimbus cloud, which tends to be anvil-shaped
- approvement — (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- archvillain — A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
- argumentive — argumentative
- art nouveau — Art Nouveau is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1890s. It is characterized by flowing lines and patterns of flowers and leaves.
- at variance — If one thing is at variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.
- attentively — while giving attention; observantly: Please listen attentively.
- attentivity — The quality of being attentive; attentiveness.
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- 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
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- 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
- ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
- 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.
- bereavement — Bereavement is the sorrow you feel or the state you are in when a relative or close friend dies.
- 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.
- blagonravov — Anatoli Arkadyevich [an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee uhr-kah-dyi-vyich] /ˈæn əˌtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ʌrˈkɑ dyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1975, Russian scientist.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- 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
- bremerhaven — a port in NW Germany: an outport for Bremen. Pop: 118 276 (2003 est)
- 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.