11-letter words containing e, r, i, v
- vincristine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 , derived from the periwinkle, Vinca rosea, used in the management of leukemias and lymphomas.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
- vinedresser — a person who tends or cultivates vines, especially grapevines.
- vinegar eel — a minute nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, common in vinegar, fermenting paste, etc.
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- vinegarette — vinaigrette (def 1).
- vinegarroon — a large, nonpoisonous whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, which, when disturbed, emits a volatile fluid having a vinegary odor.
- vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- vinho verde — any of a variety of light, slightly sharp-tasting wines made from early-picked grapes in the Minho region of NW Portugal
- viniculture — the science or study of making wines.
- vintage car — classic antique automobile
- vinton cerf — Vint Cerf
- vinyl ether — a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
- vinyl resin — any one of a class of thermoplastic materials, esp PVC and polyvinyl acetate, made by polymerizing vinyl compounds
- violet iris — an iris, Iris verna, of the eastern U.S., having solitary, violet-blue flowers.
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- virginalled — played on the virginal
- viridescent — slightly green; greenish.
- virilescent — possessing typically male characteristics
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- vision care — Vision care is the care and treatment of eyes, eyesight conditions, and vision.
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- viticulture — the culture or cultivation of grapevines; grape-growing.
- vitrescence — becoming glass.
- vitrescible — capable of being formed into or of becoming glass; vitrifiable.
- vituperable — deserving of blame
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vociferance — vociferant utterance; vociferation.
- voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
- volga river — a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
- vortex ring — a stable perturbation in a fluid that takes the form of a torus in which the flow rotates in the section of the torus so that the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the torus balances body forces. The best-known vortex ring is a smoke ring
- vote-winner — a popular action that could secure votes for a person or party
- voyeuristic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- waldemar iv — surnamed Atterdag. ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- weber river — a river in N Utah, flowing NW, joining the Ogden River and continuing into the Great Salt Lake. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- well-driven — past participle of drive.
- westerville — a town in central Ohio.
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- whichsoever — Whichever.
- whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
- white river — a river flowing SE from NW Arkansas into the Mississippi River. 690 miles (1110 km) long.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- write cover — If an insurance company writes cover, it underwrites a risk or insures someone.
- yarra river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Great Dividing Range and flowing west and southwest through Melbourne to Port Phillip Bay. Length: 250 km (155 miles)