11-letter words containing o, n, v
- volitionary — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- volume unit — a logarithmic unit used to measure the magnitude of a sound wave.
- voluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntarism — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- voluntative — a verb form expressing a desire to perform the action denoted by the verb
- volunteered — a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
- vomeronasal — relating to the small bone dividing the nostrils
- von neumann — John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.
- vortex ring — a stable perturbation in a fluid that takes the form of a torus in which the flow rotates in the section of the torus so that the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the torus balances body forces. The best-known vortex ring is a smoke ring
- vortiginous — resembling a vortex; whirling; vortical.
- vote-winner — a popular action that could secure votes for a person or party
- vowel point — any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
- vowel sound — spoken language: open sound
- voznesenski — Andrei (Andreievich) [ahn-drey ahn-drey-yuh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ ɑnˈdreɪ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), (Andre Voznesensky) 1933–2010, Russian poet.
- voznesensky — Andrei (Andreievich) (anˈdrjej).1933–2010, Russian poet, noted for his experimental style
- vulcanology — volcanology.
- vulneration — the state of being wounded or the action of causing a wound
- wagon vault — barrel vault.
- watsonville — a city in W California.
- well-proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- west covina — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
- woodcarving — the art or technique of carving objects by hand from wood or of carving decorations into wood.
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.
- yugoslavian — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- yukon river — a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.