11-letter words containing c, o, n, v, i
- insectivore — an insectivorous animal or plant.
- inviscation — (archaic) insalivation.
- invocations — Plural form of invocation.
- invoiceable — Capable of being invoiced; billable.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- lactoflavin — riboflavin.
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- live action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- live-action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- mont cervin — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- moving coil — denoting an electromechanical device in which a suspended coil is free to move in a magnetic field. A current passing through the coil causes it to move, as in loudspeakers and electrical measuring instruments, or movement of the coil gives rise to induced currents, as in microphones and some record-player pick-ups
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nociceptive — Of, relating to, or denoting pain arising from the stimulation of nerve cells (often as distinct from that arising from damage or disease in the nerves themselves).
- noctivagant — someone who wanders in the night
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- non-viscous — inviscid.
- nonachiever — a student who fares poorly in the classroom or has failing grades.
- nonactivist — One who is not an activist.
- noncoercive — serving or tending to coerce.
- noncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- noncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
- nonelective — Not elective.
- nonevidence — a lack of evidence
- nonreactive — tending to react.
- nonvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- nonviolence — absence or lack of violence; state or condition of avoiding violence.
- nonvolcanic — not volcanic, not caused by a volcano
- nova iguacu — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- nova scotia — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- oncoviruses — Plural form of oncovirus.
- optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overcaution — excessive caution
- overcoating — a coat worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as in cold weather.
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- preconceive — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- 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.
- provenience — provenance; origin; source.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.