11-letter words containing e, v, r, g
- unsovereign — a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.
- unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
- 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.
- valley girl — an affluent young Californian woman, typically considered as being excessively concerned with physical appearance and social status
- variegation — an act of variegating.
- venereology — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- venturingly — in a venturing manner
- verbigerate — to talk or chat
- verdigrises — a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate.
- vereeniging — a city in the S Transvaal, in NE Republic of South Africa, S of Johannesburg.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
- vice-regent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- vicegerency — the position, government, or office of a vicegerent.
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- vinaigrette — Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates 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.
- vintage car — classic antique automobile
- virginalled — played on the virginal
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- 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-getter — a candidate or issue whose personality, policies, etc., are considered certain to attract many votes.
- vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
- waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
- wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.