11-letter words containing v, b
- unavoidably — unable to be avoided; inevitable: an unavoidable delay.
- unbelieving — not believing; skeptical.
- uncombative — not combative or confrontational
- underivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- undividable — unable to be divided
- undivisible — capable of being divided.
- undriveable — unable to be driven
- uneven bars — gym: exercise apparatus
- unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfavorably — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unnavigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- unobjective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- unoblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unobserving — not observing
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unremovable — that may be removed.
- unrevivable — to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- unrevokable — that may be revoked.
- unseverable — capable of being severed.
- unvenerable — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- unvisitable — (of a person or place) that cannot be visited
- vacuum tube — Also called, especially British, vacuum valve. an electron tube from which almost all air or gas has been evacuated: formerly used extensively in radio and electronics.
- vagabondage — the state or condition of being a vagabond; idle wandering.
- vagabondize — to behave like a vagabond
- vagal block — the obstruction of vagus nerve impulses by the administration of drugs, a treatment for reducing acid secretion by the stomach.
- vallombrosa — a resort in central Italy, near Florence: famous abbey.
- vampire bat — any of several New World tropical bats of the genera Desmodus, Diphylla, and Diaemus, the size of a small mouse, feeding on small amounts of blood obtained from resting mammals and birds by means of a shallow cut made with specialized incisor teeth.
- vapour bath — the act of bathing in vapour, formerly believed to have medicinal benefits
- variability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- velvet bean — a vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods, grown in warm regions for forage or as an ornamental.
- verb phrase — a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
- verbal noun — a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden.
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- verberation — a lashing, beating, or whipping
- verbigerate — to talk or chat
- verboseness — characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
- versability — the quality or state of being capable of being turned
- verslibrist — someone who writes free verse
- vertebrated — having vertebrae; vertebral; vertebrate.
- vertebrates — having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column.
- vertebratus — (of a cloud) having elements arranged in a riblike pattern.
- vibratility — the quality or state of being vibratile
- vibrational — the act of vibrating.
- vibratoless — without vibrato
- villa-lobos — Heitor [ey-too r] /ˈeɪ tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1881–1959, Brazilian composer.
- vinblastine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 58 N 4 O 9 , derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, especially in the management of lymphomas.
- violability — capable of being violated: a violable precept.
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- vitamin b12 — a deep-red crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 63 H 88 N 14 O 14 PCo, obtained from liver, milk, eggs, fish, oysters, and clams: a deficiency causes pernicious anemia and disorders of the nervous system.