11-letter words containing e, n, v, a, u
- unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
- up-and-over — (of a door, etc) opened by being lifted and moved into a horizontal position
- vacuousness — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- vagus nerve — either one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, heart, and thoracic and abdominal viscera, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from these structures to the brain.
- van der hum — a spicy liqueur from South Africa, flavored with tangerine and herbs.
- ventricular — of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- verbal noun — a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden.
- vesuvianite — a mineral, chiefly a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, commonly in tetragonal crystals and usually of a brown to green color; idocrase.
- vine cactus — the ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens.
- vo language — a type of language that has direct objects following the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as prepositions, prefixes, noun modifiers following nouns, adverbs following verbs, and auxiliary verbs preceding the main verb.
- vol-au-vent — a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- voluntative — a verb form expressing a desire to perform the action denoted by the verb
- von neumann — John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.
- vulcanizate — a vulcanized substance.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- wave number — the number of waves in one centimeter of light in a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.