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11-letter words containing v, a, r, g

  • rh negative — See under Rh factor.
  • rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
  • rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
  • segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • 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-gray — gray with a silvery luster
  • slaveringly — in a slavering manner
  • stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
  • stravaiging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
  • sugar grove — sugarbush (def 2).
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • the algarve — an area in the south of Portugal, on the Atlantic; it approximately corresponds to the administrative district of Faro: fishing and tourism important
  • travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
  • trivia game — a trivia game or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects
  • unapproving — expressing disapproval or displeasure
  • unleveraged — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
  • unravelling — to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
  • unrevealing — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
  • unvaryingly — in a never changing manner
  • unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
  • vagus nerve — either one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, heart, and thoracic and abdominal viscera, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from these structures to the brain.
  • valley girl — an affluent young Californian woman, typically considered as being excessively concerned with physical appearance and social status
  • vanguardism — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
  • vanguardist — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
  • vapouringly — in a boastful manner
  • variegation — an act of variegating.
  • venographic — of or relating to venography
  • verbigerate — to talk or chat
  • very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
  • videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
  • vinaigrette — Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
  • vinegar eel — a minute nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, common in vinegar, fermenting paste, etc.
  • vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
  • vinegarette — vinaigrette (def 1).
  • vinegarroon — a large, nonpoisonous whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, which, when disturbed, emits a volatile fluid having a vinegary odor.
  • vinegarweed — a plant, Trichostema lanceolatum, of the mint family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having clusters of blue flowers with long, protruding filaments and growing in dry, sandy soil.
  • vintage car — classic antique automobile
  • virgin mary — Mary (def 1).
  • virginalist — Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • virginalled — played on the virginal
  • visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
  • vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
  • voice range — the range of pitches that can be made by a human voice
  • volga river — a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2325 miles (3745 km).
  • volga tatar — a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
  • vulgarities — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
  • waldgravine — a woman married to a waldgrave
  • wave energy — energy obtained by harnessing wave power
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