11-letter words containing s, a, v
- transverses — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- transverter — a piece of equipment attached to a radio transceiver to enable it to transmit and receive on additional frequencies
- travel shot — a camera shot taken from a mobile platform, dolly, or the like, that keeps within range of a moving subject.
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
- turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
- turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
- ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
- un-abrasive — any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
- unadvisably — in an unadvisable manner
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- uneven bars — gym: exercise apparatus
- unharvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- universally — in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unseverable — capable of being severed.
- untraversed — not traversed; that has not been traversed
- unvarnished — plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
- unveracious — (of a person) not veracious; not tending to speak the truth; untruthful
- unvisitable — (of a person or place) that cannot be visited
- vacuousness — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- vagus nerve — either one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, heart, and thoracic and abdominal viscera, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from these structures to the brain.
- vaisheshika — a school of thought asserting the existence of a universe formed by a god out of atoms of earth, air, fire, and water, as well as out of space, time, ether, mind, and soul, all conceived as substances coexisting eternally with the god.
- vaivodeship — the position or office of a vaivode
- val d'aosta — Valle d'Aosta
- valiantness — the quality or state of being valiant
- valley east — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- vallombrosa — a resort in central Italy, near Florence: famous abbey.
- van paassen — Pierre [pee-air] /piˈɛər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Anthonie Laurusse) 1895–1968, U.S. journalist, author, and clergyman; born in the Netherlands.
- vanguardism — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanguardist — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanishingly — to the point of being nearly invisible or nonexistent
- vanity case — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- vapor phase — In its vapor phase a substance can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- varsovienne — a Polish dance
- vascongadas — Basque Country
- vascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vascularize — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasculature — the arrangement of blood vessels in the body or a part of the body
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- vasectomize — to perform a vasectomy on
- vasodilator — a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation.
- vasopressin — Biochemistry. a peptide hormone, synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates capillary muscles and reduces the flow of urine and increases its concentration.
- vasopressor — a hormone, as epinephrine, or other agent that raises the blood pressure by causing contraction of the arteriole muscles, narrowing the arteriole passage.
- vasospastic — of or relating to a vasospasm
- vellus hair — short fine unpigmented hair covering the human body
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.