11-letter words containing a, v, o, c
- correlative — If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it.
- costa brava — a coastal region of NE Spain along the Mediterranean, extending from Barcelona to the French border: many resorts
- countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
- countervair — (heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.
- covariation — a correlated variation
- covarrubias — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–57, Mexican caricaturist, illustrator, and painter.
- covenanters — Plural form of covenanter.
- covenanting — Present participle of covenant.
- covenantors — Plural form of covenantor.
- cover glass — a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide
- covert coat — a short topcoat worn for hunting
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- crab-plover — a black and white wading bird, Dromas ardeola, of the northern and western shores of the Indian Ocean.
- cracovienne — a fast dance from the Krakow region of Poland which became popular in Paris during the 19th century
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- curry favor — to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- demy octavo — a book size, 81⁄2 by 51⁄2 inches
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.
- divaricator — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- ecoactivist — One who takes part in ecoactivism.
- ecovillages — Plural form of ecovillage.
- equivocally — With ambiguity.
- equivocated — Simple past tense and past participle of equivocate.
- equivocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate.
- equivocator — Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
- evacuations — Plural form of evacuation.
- eviscerator — Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
- evocatively — In an evocative manner.
- excavations — Plural form of excavation.
- extra cover — a fielding position between cover and mid-off
- factor viii — antihemophilic factor.
- gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
- gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- incurvation — curved, especially inward.
- inoculative — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- insectivora — the order comprising the insectivores.
- inviscation — (archaic) insalivation.
- invocations — Plural form of invocation.
- invoiceable — Capable of being invoiced; billable.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.