11-letter words containing s, u, v
- frugivorous — fruit-eating, as certain bats.
- frustrative — That which frustrates (causes frustration).
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- fungivorous — feeding on fungi, as certain insects.
- furtiveness — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
- guide vanes — fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
- gustavus ii — (Gustavus Adolphus"Lion of the North") 1594–1632, king of Sweden 1611–32: national military hero (grandson of Gustavus I).
- gustavus iv — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- gustavus vi — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
- have issues — If someone has issues with a particular aspect of their life, they have problems connected with it.
- herbivorous — feeding on plants.
- herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- honorius iv — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- impulsivity — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inclusively — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- inclusivism — The practice of incorporating disparate or unreconciled elements in a single, inclusive system or theory.
- inclusivity — An intention or policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those who are handicapped or learning-disabled, or racial and sexual minorities.
- individuals — Plural form of individual.
- inductivism — The use of or preference for inductive methods of reasoning, especially in science.
- inobtrusive — unobtrusive.
- inquisitive — given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
- insinuative — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- institutive — tending or intended to institute or establish.
- instructive — serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
- interfluves — Plural form of interfluve.
- intervenous — (anatomy, botany) Between veins.
- intravenous — within a vein.
- intrusive r — linking r (def 2).
- intrusive-r — the r- sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r- dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as [fah] /fɑ/ (Show IPA) becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as [fahr-uh-wey] /ˈfɑr əˈweɪ/ (Show IPA).
- intrusively — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- intuitivism — ethical intuitionism.
- investiture — the act or process of investing.
- invidiously — In an invidious manner.
- involutions — Plural form of involution.
- jus divinum — divine law.
- juvenescent — being or becoming youthful; young.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
- larvivorous — feeding on larvae; larva-eating.
- levoglucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- living soul — person
- louis xviii — (Louis Xavier Stanislas) 1755–1824, king of France 1814–15, 1815–24 (brother of Louis XVI).
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mauvais pas — a place that presents a particular difficulty on a climb or walk