11-letter words containing g, e, n, v
- gros ventre — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 miles (161 km) long.
- ground dove — any of several small terrestrial doves of the warmer parts of the Americas, especially Columbina passerina.
- ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
- groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- guide vanes — fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- have gotten — to have obtained
- heavy going — a soft and muddy surface to race on
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- home-loving — fond of one's home
- imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- indigestive — accompanied by or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic.
- ingenuitive — (nonstandard) Possessing ingenuity; ingenious.
- ingressives — Plural form of ingressive.
- innavigable — unable to be navigated
- innervating — Present participle of innervate.
- instigative — Tending to instigate.
- integrative — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- intervening — to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
- invaginable — capable of being invaginated; susceptible of invagination.
- invaginated — Simple past tense and past participle of invaginate.
- invaginates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invaginate.
- investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigilated — Simple past tense and past participle of invigilate.
- invigilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigilate.
- invigorated — Give strength or energy to.
- invigorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate.
- invigourate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- john glover — John, 1732–97, American general.
- king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
- kings river — a river in central California, flowing S through Kings Canyon to the Tulare reservoir. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- lake geneva — a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
- lake-geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- landgravine — the wife of a landgrave.
- lemon grove — a town in SW California, near San Diego.
- life-giving — imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- living dead — people who are very dull and boring
- living hell — If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
- living wage — a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
- livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- longevities — Plural form of longevity.
- longsleever — about 3/4 pint (0.35 liter) of beer.
- luggage van — a railway carriage used to transport passengers' luggage, bicycles, etc
- magen david — Star of David.
- maneuvering — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.