11-letter words containing v, a, l, i, s
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- painesville — a city in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- pan-slavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- revisualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- sales drive — a period of events or activities aimed to promote sales of a particular product or services
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- salvational — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- simi valley — a city in SW California.
- singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
- slacktivism — actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.
- slave river — a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- slavishness — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- slide valve — a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- social evil — prostitution.
- solvability — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- statesville — a city in central North Carolina.