11-letter words containing o, l, i, v, e
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- social evil — prostitution.
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- tocqueville — Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, French statesman and author.
- ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
- unavoidable — unable to be avoided; inevitable: an unavoidable delay.
- undissolved — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- unequivocal — not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation: an unequivocal indication of assent; unequivocal proof.
- unloverlike — not typical of a lover or resembling a lover
- unvocalized — not articulated; unspoken; unvoiced
- valediction — an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- varicelloid — resembling varicella.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- varicolored — having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.
- vectorially — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- velocimeter — any of various instruments for measuring velocity, as of a wave in water or of sound in air.
- velocimetry — the measurement of the speed of sound in fluids
- ventilation — the act of ventilating.
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- 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.
- veraciously — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- vermiculous — containing or resembling worms
- versicolour — changeable in color: versicolor skies.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- vexillation — a group of soldiers in the Roman army, usually comprising a thousand men
- vexillology — the study of flags.
- vibratoless — without vibrato
- vice-consul — a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.
- viceroyalty — the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
- victorville — a city in SE California.
- victoryless — without victory
- vienna roll — a yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
- 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.
- violet iris — an iris, Iris verna, of the eastern U.S., having solitary, violet-blue flowers.
- violet wood — kingwood.
- violin case — protective carrycase for a violin