11-letter words containing s, h, v, e
- 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
- 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.
- vellus hair — short fine unpigmented hair covering the human body
- venus shell — a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, typified by the intertidal Venus gallina, with somewhat rounded ribbed valves
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- verb phrase — a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
- vichyssoise — a cream soup of potatoes and leeks, usually served chilled and often garnished with chopped chives.
- voguishness — the state or condition of being voguish
- voivodeship — the area which is governed by a voivode
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- welsh vault — underpitch vault.
- whateverism — (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers:
- wheresoever — Wherever.
- whichsoever — Whichever.
- whist drive — a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- whosesoever — Whoever’s.
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.