11-letter words containing h, i, v
- pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- pivot tooth — Dentistry. (formerly) an artificial crown attached to the root of a tooth by pivoting.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- rh negative — See under Rh factor.
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- rhine river — Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhone river — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- river birch — a tree, Betula nigra, of the eastern U.S., having papery, reddish-brown bark that peels away.
- river horse — a hippopotamus.
- river-mouth — an estuary
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- seven hills — a town in N Ohio.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- shelbyville — a city in central Indiana.
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- shirtsleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silversmith — a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.
- slavishness — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- south river — a borough in central New Jersey.
- stephen vii — died a.d. 931, pope 928–931.
- survey ship — a vessel designed to carry out research and surveying
- svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
- swedish ivy — any of various plants belonging to the genus Plectranthus, of the mint family, native to the Old World tropics, having rounded, scalloped or toothed leaves and widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the five ks — items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance
- the heavies — a serious newspaper
- the javelin — the event or sport of throwing the javelin
- the shivers — an attack of shivering, esp through fear or illness
- the-village — The, a city in central Oklahoma.
- thirty-five — a cardinal number, 30 plus 5.
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.