11-letter words containing c, i, v
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chichivache — (in early English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a cow verging on starvation, that existed solely by devouring virtuous women.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- chris evert — Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- circleville — a city in S central Ohio.
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- circumvolve — to (cause to) turn around
- civic trust — a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces, and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- civil union — a legally recognized marriage-like union of same-sex partners
- 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.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clement vii — original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
- clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
- clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
- clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
- clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
- clove hitch — a knot or hitch used for securing a rope to a spar, post, or larger rope
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
- coffeyville — a city in SE Kansas.
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognitivism — the meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments state facts and so are either true or false
- cognitivist — A person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
- cognitivity — the state of being cognitive
- cohortative — intended to encourage
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- collectives — Plural form of collective.
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- combatively — In a combative way.
- combativity — Synonym of combativeness.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- comic verse — amusing verse