11-letter words containing v, a
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- governorate — an administrative division of a country, especially Egypt.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- grand haven — a city in W Michigan.
- grand river — former name of the Colorado River above its junction with the Green River in SE Utah.
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- gravedigger — a person whose occupation is digging graves.
- graveldiver — any of several eellike fishes of the family Scytalinidae, found off the Pacific coast of North America, especially Scytalina cerdale, which burrows among rocks.
- gravenstein — a variety of large, yellow apple with red streaks
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravidities — Plural form of gravidity.
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- gravisphere — the area in which the gravitational force of a celestial body is predominant.
- gravitating — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravitative — of or relating to gravitation.
- gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravy train — a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
- guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
- guide vanes — fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
- guided wave — a wave the energy of which is concentrated near a boundary or between parallel boundaries separating different materials and that has a direction of propagation parallel to these boundaries.
- gustavus ii — (Gustavus Adolphus"Lion of the North") 1594–1632, king of Sweden 1611–32: national military hero (grandson of Gustavus I).
- gustavus iv — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- gustavus vi — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- half volley — tennis: returning ball after it bounces
- half-sleeve — a sleeve that reaches to around the elbow
- half-volley — (in tennis, racquets, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is hit the moment it bounces from the ground.
- hand waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- hand-waving — insubstantial words, arguments, gestures, or actions used in an attempt to explain or persuade.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- happy event — the birth of a child
- hardly ever — rarely
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestable — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- harvesttime — the time of year when a crop or crops are harvested, especially autumn.
- have a ball — enjoy oneself immensely
- have a bash — to make an attempt
- have a care — to be careful
- have a lash — to make an attempt at or take part in (something)
- have a life — If you say that you have a life, you mean that you have interests and activities, particularly outside your work, which make your life enjoyable and worthwhile.
- have a moan — If you have a moan, you complain about something.