11-letter words containing l, e, v
- bedevilling — (British) present participle of bedevil.
- bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- believingly — with belief; in a believing manner
- belly-helve — a triphammer in which the cams act at a point along the helve, partway between the fulcrum and the head.
- benevolence — inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
- bensenville — a town in NE Illinois.
- bevel joint — a miter joint, especially one in which two pieces meet at other than a right angle.
- bevel wheel — a toothed wheel, set at an oblique angle to the axis
- bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
- black olive — a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras, having leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- bleed valve — a valve for running off a liquid from a tank, tube, etc, or for allowing accumulations of gas in a liquid to blow off
- blood level — the amount of a substance, as cholesterol, alcohol, or triglycerides, circulating in the bloodstream: often expressed as a percent or in milligrams or micrograms per deciliter of blood.
- blue devils — a fit of depression or melancholy
- blue velvet — a mixture of paregoric and Pyribenzamine taken by vein as an illicit drug.
- blytheville — a city in NE Arkansas.
- boll weevil — a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls
- brake lever — (on a bicycle) a lever on the handlebar that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
- brecksville — a town in N Ohio.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- bubble over — to overflow, as boiling liquid
- bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- cablevision — cable television.
- calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactive — producing heat
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caressively — caressingly
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- castelvetro — Lodovico [loh-duh-vee-koh;; Italian law-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌloʊ dəˈvi koʊ;; Italian ˌlɔ dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1505–71, Italian philologist and literary critic.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- cavaliering — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
- cavolo nero — an Italian variety of cabbage with dark green leaves
- celebrative — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- celestine v — Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.
- centerville — a town in W Ohio.
- cervelliere — a close-fitting cap of mail or plate; coif.
- cervicalgia — Neck pain.
- charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- check valve — a valve that closes by fluid pressure to prevent return flow
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- circleville — a city in S central Ohio.