11-letter words containing d, v, i
- divinations — Plural form of divination.
- divine mind — mind (def 18).
- diving bell — a chamber with an open bottom in which persons can go underwater without special apparatus, water being excluded from the upper part by compressed air fed in by a hose.
- diving boat — a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.
- diving duck — any of numerous ducks, common in coastal bays and river mouths, that typically dive from the water's surface for their food (contrasted with dabbling duck).
- diving suit — any of various waterproof garments for underwater swimming or diving, especially one that is weighted, hermetically sealed, and supplied with air under pressure through a hose attached to a removable helmet.
- divinopolis — a city in Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil.
- divisionary — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- divisionism — pointillism.
- divisionist — One who supports division (of a territory, etc.).
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- divulgation — to make publicly known; publish.
- divulgatory — to make publicly known; publish.
- doveishness — the characteristic of being like a dove, esp. in a political sense in the US
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- dr. zhivago — a novel (1958) by Boris Pasternak.
- drink-drive — Drink-drive means relating to drink-driving.
- drivability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- drive chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- drive screw — a fastener with a helical thread of coarse pitch that can be driven into wood with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver.
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- drive train — the power train of an automotive vehicle consisting of all the components between the engine and driving wheels and including the clutch and axle, as well as the components of the driveline.
- driver's ed — the preparation of students for driving tests, whether at school, in a car or through online courses
- driving dog — (on a lathe) a clamp securing a piece of work and engaging with a slot in a faceplate.
- drug-driver — a person who drives while under the influence of drugs
- du vigneaud — Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.
- duncanville — a town in N Texas.
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- edward viii — (Duke of Windsor) 1894–1972, king of Great Britain 1936: abdicated (son of George V; brother of George VI).
- elucidative — Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
- endeavoring — Present participle of endeavor.
- equivocated — Simple past tense and past participle of equivocate.
- eradicative — Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
- evangelized — Simple past tense and past participle of evangelize.
- evidentiary — (legal) Of or pertaining to evidence.
- evidentness — The state of being evident.
- evil-minded — suspicious
- eviscerated — Disembowel (a person or animal).
- ex dividend — without the right to the current dividend
- favellidium — (in certain red algae) a cystocarp wholly or partly immersed in a frond.
- ferdinand v — Ferdinand II (def 1).
- field event — an event in a track meet that involves throwing something, as a discus or javelin, or jumping and is not performed on the running track.
- final drive — The final drive is an assembly of gears in the back axle of rear-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the rear wheels) vehicles and in the front axle of front-wheel drive (= with engine power going to the front wheels) vehicles.
- five-a-side — a version of soccer with five players on each side
- five-gaited — noting an American saddle horse that has been trained to execute the rack and slow gait in addition to the walk, trot, and canter, and that is used chiefly for showing.
- five-legged — (of a schooner) having five masts.
- flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- fluid drive — a power coupling for permitting a smooth start in any gear, consisting of two vaned rotors in a sealed casing filled with oil, such that one rotor, driven by the engine, moves the oil to drive the other rotor, which in turn drives the transmission.
- foodservice — The business of providing food and related services.
- frederick v — called the Winter King. 1596–1632, elector of the Palatinate (1610–23) and king of Bohemia (1619–20). He led the revolt of Bohemian Protestants at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War