11-letter words containing r, i, v, a, l
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- slave river — a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- survivalist — a person who makes preparations to survive a widespread catastrophe, as an atomic war or anarchy, especially by storing food and weapons in a safe place.
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- time travel — hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.
- time-travel — hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.
- translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
- travel film — a filmed documentary showing travel in a certain country or region
- travel time — time spent traveling for a job, as from home to work or in the course of business.
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- trivalvular — having, relating to, or affecting three valves
- ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
- ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
- ultravirile — possessing an extremely high sexual drive
- underivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- undriveable — unable to be driven
- univalvular — having or consisting of one valve
- universally — in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.
- unravelling — to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
- unrevealing — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- unrevivable — to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- unvaryingly — in a never changing manner
- unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
- vacillatory — marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- valley girl — an affluent young Californian woman, typically considered as being excessively concerned with physical appearance and social status
- valve train — A valve train is the total mechanism that causes the valves of an engine to lift and close.
- vapor trail — contrail.
- vapouringly — in a boastful manner
- variability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- varicellate — having small varices, as certain shells.
- varicelloid — resembling varicella.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- varicolored — having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.