11-letter words containing v, a, r, i, o
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- hereinabove — before in this document, statement, etc.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- hyperovaria — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- improvisate — To improvise; to extemporize.
- in favor of — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- incurvation — curved, especially inward.
- informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- innervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- inobservant — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inoperative — not operative; not in operation.
- insectivora — the order comprising the insectivores.
- intravenous — within a vein.
- invalidator — One who, or that which, makes invalid.
- invasionary — That take part in a military invasion.
- inventorial — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- invert soap — cationic detergent.
- invigilator — to keep watch.
- invigorated — Give strength or energy to.
- invigorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate.
- invigorator — One who, or that which, invigorates.
- invigourate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- involuntary — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.
- irremovable — not removable.
- irremovably — So as not to be removable.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- la louviere — a city in S Belgium, S of Brussels.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
- larvivorous — feeding on larvae; larva-eating.
- latin lover — seductive Latin American man
- love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
- maiden over — Cricket. an over in which no runs are made.
- manoeuvring — A manoeuvre.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.
- merovingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty established by Clovis, which reigned in Gaul and Germany from a.d. 476 to 751.
- microvillar — Of or pertaining to a microvillus.