11-letter words containing h, i, v
- thread vein — a small red or purple capillary near to the surface of the skin
- thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- tishah b'av — a Jewish fast day observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in memory of the destruction in Jerusalem of the First and Second Temples.
- tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
- turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
- turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
- twelve-inch — a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.
- unvarnished — plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
- vaisheshika — a school of thought asserting the existence of a universe formed by a god out of atoms of earth, air, fire, and water, as well as out of space, time, ether, mind, and soul, all conceived as substances coexisting eternally with the god.
- vaivodeship — the position or office of a vaivode
- vanishingly — to the point of being nearly invisible or nonexistent
- vellus hair — short fine unpigmented hair covering the human body
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- vere childe — Vere Gordon [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.
- vichy water — a natural mineral water from springs at Vichy, containing sodium bicarbonate, other alkaline salts, etc., used in the treatment of digestive disturbances, gout, etc.
- vichyssoise — a cream soup of potatoes and leeks, usually served chilled and often garnished with chopped chives.
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- videotheque — a cinema in which videos are shown
- view halloa — the shout made by a hunter on seeing a fox break cover.
- view halloo — the shout made by a hunter on seeing a fox break cover.
- vigil light — a small candle in a church lighted as a devotional act.
- vinho verde — any of a variety of light, slightly sharp-tasting wines made from early-picked grapes in the Minho region of NW Portugal
- vinyl ether — a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
- voguishness — the state or condition of being voguish
- voivodeship — the area which is governed by a voivode
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wavy-haired — having wavy hair
- 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.
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- white volta — a river in W Africa, in Ghana: a branch of the Volta River. About 550 miles (885 km) long. Compare Volta (def 2).
- white wavey — See under wavey.
- white-glove — meticulous; painstaking; minute: a white-glove inspection.
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.