11-letter words containing s, n, i, v, e
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- undefensive — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- underinvest — to invest or lay out insufficient money with the expectation of profit
- undeserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- undissolved — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- undivisible — capable of being divided.
- unexclusive — not exclusive; able to be accessed by all
- unimpulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- unintensive — of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.
- unintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- universally — in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.
- unobserving — not observing
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unoffensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- unselective — not selective or characterized by indiscriminate selection
- unsensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unsovereign — a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.
- 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
- unversed in — not knowledgeable about, acquainted with, or skilled in
- unvisitable — (of a person or place) that cannot be visited
- valiantness — the quality or state of being valiant
- vanity case — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- varsovienne — a Polish dance
- 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.
- velvetiness — the quality or state of being velvety
- venesection — phlebotomy.
- venisection — phlebotomy.
- ventriculus — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- versed sine — one minus the cosine of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: vers.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vesuvianite — a mineral, chiefly a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, commonly in tetragonal crystals and usually of a brown to green color; idocrase.
- vice-consul — a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.
- video nasty — A video nasty is an extremely violent or frightening film which people can only buy on video.
- vin de pays — the wine of a particular region, usually available only in the region where the wine is made; local wine.
- vinblastine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 58 N 4 O 9 , derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, especially in the management of lymphomas.
- vincristine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 , derived from the periwinkle, Vinca rosea, used in the management of leukemias and lymphomas.
- vine cactus — the ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens.
- vinedresser — a person who tends or cultivates vines, especially grapevines.
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- vinyl resin — any one of a class of thermoplastic materials, esp PVC and polyvinyl acetate, made by polymerizing vinyl compounds
- violin case — protective carrycase for a violin
- viridescent — slightly green; greenish.
- virilescent — possessing typically male characteristics
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- viscountess — the wife or widow of a viscount.
- vision care — Vision care is the care and treatment of eyes, eyesight conditions, and vision.