11-letter words containing c, l, i, v, a
- vacillating — not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating: an ineffectual, vacillating person.
- vacillation — an act or instance of vacillating.
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- vacuolation — the formation of vacuoles.
- 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.
- varicellate — having small varices, as certain shells.
- varicelloid — resembling varicella.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- varicolored — having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.
- vascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vascularize — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- vectorially — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- vellicating — to pluck; twitch.
- venefically — in a venefic manner
- ventricular — of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- veraciously — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- veridically — truthful; veracious.
- vermiculate — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- verticality — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vicariously — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- viceroyalty — the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
- victuallage — supplies or food; victuals
- victualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- villication — a twitch or pinch; vellication
- violin case — protective carrycase for a violin
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- vivaciously — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vocalically — in a vocalic manner
- volcanicity — of or relating to a volcano: a volcanic eruption.
- voraciously — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
- vulcanicity — a branch of geology studying volcanic action
- vulcanizate — a vulcanized substance.