11-letter words containing v, a, r, s
- inspirative — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- interleaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interleave.
- interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
- intravenous — within a vein.
- invasionary — That take part in a military invasion.
- invert soap — cationic detergent.
- invigorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate.
- 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.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- 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.
- lassa fever — a highly contagious viral disease, largely confined to central West Africa, characterized by fever, difficulty in swallowing, and inflammation of the pharynx, often progressing to infect the lungs, heart, and kidneys, leading to death.
- line starve — (MIT, opposite of line feed) 1. To feed paper through a printer the wrong way by one line (most printers can't do this). On a display terminal, to move the cursor up to the previous line of the screen. "To print "X squared", you just output "X", line starve, "2", line feed." (The line starve causes the "2" to appear on the line above the "X", and the line feed gets back to the original line.) 2. A character (or character sequence) that causes a terminal to perform this action. ASCII 26, also called SUB or control-Z, was one common line-starve character in the days before microcomputers and the X3.64 terminal standard. Unlike "line feed", "line starve" is *not* standard ASCII terminology. Even among hackers it is considered silly. 3. (Proposed) A sequence such as \c (used in System V echo, as well as nroff and troff) that suppresses a newline or other character(s) that would normally be emitted.
- livebearers — Plural form of livebearer.
- liver salts — a preparation of mineral salts used to treat indigestion
- maidservant — a female servant.
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- margravates — Plural form of margravate.
- margravines — Plural form of margravine.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mavourneens — Plural form of mavourneen.
- megadiverse — Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.
- menservants — plural of manservant.
- mensurative — adapted for or concerned with measuring.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- miscreative — creating evil
- moviemakers — Plural form of moviemaker.
- multiversal — Of or pertaining to the multiverse.
- naval brass — an alloy of about 60 percent copper and 40 percent zinc, with traces of lead, tin, arsenic, and iron, used in marine and steam-generating equipment.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- nonabrasive — not causing abrasion.
- nonarrivals — Plural form of nonarrival.
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- observables — Plural form of observable.
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
- observative — Observant; watchful.
- observatory — a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- over-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- over-season — a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.: baseball season.
- over-sharer — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- overanalyse — Alternative spelling of overanalyze.
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- overarousal — to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.