11-letter words containing r, s, v
- brake servo — The brake servo is a device for increasing the pressure of the driver's foot on the brake pedal.
- brecksville — a town in N Ohio.
- breshkovsky — Catherine, 1844–1934, Russian revolutionary of noble birth: called “the little grandmother of the Russian Revolution.”.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- 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.
- busy beaver — (theory) (BB) One of a series of sets of Turing Machine programs. The BBs in the Nth set are programs of N states that produce a larger finite number of ones on an initially blank tape than any other program of N states. There is no program that, given input N, can deduce the productivity (number of ones output) of the BB of size N. The productivity of the BB of size 1 is 1. Some work has been done to figure out productivities of bigger Busy Beavers - the 7th is in the thousands.
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caravansary — in the Near and Middle East, a kind of inn with a large central court, where caravans stop for the night
- caressively — caressingly
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- 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.
- 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
- cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- 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
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chris evert — Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- civic trust — a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces, and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- coacervates — Plural form of coacervate.
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- comic verse — amusing verse
- compressive — compressing or having the power or capacity to compress
- conservable — capable of being conserved: conservable fruits.
- conservancy — Conservancy is used in the names of organizations that work to preserve and protect the environment.
- conservator — A conservator is someone whose job is to clean and repair historical objects or works of art.
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contravenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene.
- contrivings — Plural form of contriving.
- controverse — a controversy
- controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- convergents — Plural form of convergent.
- conversable — easy or pleasant to talk to
- conversance — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- conversancy — The condition of being conversant.
- conversated — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conversates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conversate.
- conversions — Plural form of conversion.
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- coronavirus — a type of airborne virus accounting for 10-30% of all colds
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment