11-letter words containing i, n, v, e, t, r
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- stern-drive — inboard-outboard (def 1).
- stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
- stone river — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. Compare Murfreesboro.
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thread vein — a small red or purple capillary near to the surface of the skin
- tirunelveli — a city in S Tamil Nadu, in S India.
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- uncontrived — obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story.
- underactive — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- underinvest — to invest or lay out insufficient money with the expectation of profit
- undiverting — not diverting; not amusing
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- unit vector — a vector having a length of one unit.
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- unprovident — lacking caution; improvident; imprudent
- unreceptive — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- unretentive — tending or serving to retain something.
- unretrieved — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- unvitrified — not vitrified; that has not been vitrified
- valve train — A valve train is the total mechanism that causes the valves of an engine to lift and close.
- variegation — an act of variegating.
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- ventral fin — pelvic fin.
- ventricular — of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- ventriculus — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- ventriloquy — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- venturingly — in a venturing manner
- veratridine — a yellowish-white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 36 H 51 NO 11 , occurring with veratrine in the seeds of the sabadilla.
- verberation — a lashing, beating, or whipping
- vermination — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vice-regent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- vinaigrette — Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
- vincristine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 , derived from the periwinkle, Vinca rosea, used in the management of leukemias and lymphomas.
- vinegarette — vinaigrette (def 1).
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.