11-letter words containing o, v, i
- black olive — a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras, having leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.
- black vomit — vomit containing blood, often a manifestation of disease, such as yellow fever
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- body cavity — the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
- boll weevil — a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- book review — a description and analysis of a new book
- bow divider — a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
- bravo-river — Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- broken vein — a ruptured blood vessel
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
- cablevision — cable television.
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- cavillation — any objection made to or dispute raised about trivial points or frivolities
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- circumvolve — to (cause to) turn around
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- civil union — a legally recognized marriage-like union of same-sex partners
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clove hitch — a knot or hitch used for securing a rope to a spar, post, or larger rope
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
- coffeyville — a city in SE Kansas.
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognitivism — the meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments state facts and so are either true or false
- cognitivist — A person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
- cognitivity — the state of being cognitive
- cohortative — intended to encourage
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- collectives — Plural form of collective.
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- combatively — In a combative way.
- combativity — Synonym of combativeness.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together