11-letter words containing v, a, r, e
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- brake lever — (on a bicycle) a lever on the handlebar that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- brake servo — The brake servo is a device for increasing the pressure of the driver's foot on the brake pedal.
- bravo-river — Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
- break cover — (esp of game animals) to come out from a shelter or hiding place
- bremerhaven — a port in NW Germany: an outport for Bremen. Pop: 118 276 (2003 est)
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- busy beaver — (theory) (BB) One of a series of sets of Turing Machine programs. The BBs in the Nth set are programs of N states that produce a larger finite number of ones on an initially blank tape than any other program of N states. There is no program that, given input N, can deduce the productivity (number of ones output) of the BB of size N. The productivity of the BB of size 1 is 1. Some work has been done to figure out productivities of bigger Busy Beavers - the 7th is in the thousands.
- cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caravanette — a motor vehicle with an area at the back that is equipped for living in
- career move — a change of job, usually to a position with more responsibility and a higher income
- caressively — caressingly
- carminative — able to relieve flatulence
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- castelvetro — Lodovico [loh-duh-vee-koh;; Italian law-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌloʊ dəˈvi koʊ;; Italian ˌlɔ dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1505–71, Italian philologist and literary critic.
- cavaliering — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
- cavolo nero — an Italian variety of cabbage with dark green leaves
- cctv camera — a closed-circuit television camera
- celebrative — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- cervicalgia — Neck pain.
- cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- che guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
- coacervates — Plural form of coacervate.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
- cohortative — intended to encourage
- comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
- conservable — capable of being conserved: conservable fruits.
- conservancy — Conservancy is used in the names of organizations that work to preserve and protect the environment.
- conservator — A conservator is someone whose job is to clean and repair historical objects or works of art.
- contractive — having the power of contracting
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.