11-letter words containing e, v, o, c
- planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- pocket veto — the action of the President in retaining unsigned a bill passed by Congress within the last ten days of a session and thus causing it to die
- pocket-veto — to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- 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.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provenience — provenance; origin; source.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- recoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- rediscovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- rev counter — A rev counter is an instrument in a car or an aeroplane which shows the speed of the engine.
- review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
- rocky river — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- seroconvert — (of an individual) to produce antibodies specific to, and in response to the presence in the blood of, a particular antigen, such as a virus or vaccine
- service dog — a dog trained to assist a person with a disability that is not related to vision or hearing.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- social evil — prostitution.
- stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- tchervonetz — chervonets.
- tocqueville — Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, French statesman and author.
- uncombative — not combative or confrontational
- unconceived — not conceived of or imagined
- unconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- unconserved — to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
- uncontrived — obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story.
- unconverged — to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
- unconverted — noting a specified type of person who has been converted from the religion, beliefs, or attitudes characteristic of that type: a converted Christian; a converted thief.
- unconvicted — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- unconvinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- under cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- undercovert — a covering of undergrowth
- unequivocal — not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation: an unequivocal indication of assent; unequivocal proof.