11-letter words containing a, v, o, c
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- port lavaca — a town in S Texas.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proactivity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocation — the act of provoking.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- provocatory — tending to provoke
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- recoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- social evil — prostitution.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- 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.
- uncombative — not combative or confrontational
- unequivocal — not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation: an unequivocal indication of assent; unequivocal proof.
- unveracious — (of a person) not veracious; not tending to speak the truth; untruthful
- unvocalized — not articulated; unspoken; unvoiced
- vacationing — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- vaccinatory — used for or relating to vaccination
- vaccinology — the science of vaccine development.
- vacillation — an act or instance of vacillating.
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- vacuolation — the formation of vacuoles.
- vacuousness — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- vagal block — the obstruction of vagus nerve impulses by the administration of drugs, a treatment for reducing acid secretion by the stomach.
- vaginectomy — excision of part or all of the vagina.
- valediction — an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- valinomycin — a cyclic, peptide antibiotic, C 54 H 90 N 6 O 18 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces fulvissimus; used experimentally to transport potassium across membranes.
- vapor cloud — A vapor cloud is vapor which has gathered in one place.