11-letter words containing v, e, h
- hypotensive — characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.
- hypovolemia — A decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- is he ever! — he displays the quality concerned in abundance
- ivory-white — of a creamy or yellowish white in color.
- java trench — a trench in the Indian Ocean, S of Java: deepest known part of Indian Ocean. 25,344 feet (7725 meters) deep.
- jehovah god — (among the Jehovah's Witnesses) God.
- john glover — John, 1732–97, American general.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- knavishness — The quality of being knavish.
- larch river — a river in N Quebec, Canada, flowing NE to the Caniapiscau River. 270 miles (434 km) long.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- levelheaded — having common sense and sound judgment; sensible.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light valve — a light-transmitting device having transmissions that vary in accordance with an electric input, as voltage, current, or an electron beam, used chiefly for recording sound on motion-picture film.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- lightvessel — A ship equipped with a very large lamp, the ship can be positioned to warn off other ships from dangerous locations. A sort of portable lighthouse.
- livelihoods — Plural form of livelihood.
- living hell — If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischieving — (now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. (from 15th c.).
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- mother love — affection felt by a mother for her child
- movie house — a motion-picture theater.
- mpeg-4 hvxc — MPEG-4 Harmonic Vector eXCitation
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- native bush — indigenous forest
- night raven — a bird that cries in the night.
- noah's dove — the constellation Columba.
- nonachiever — a student who fares poorly in the classroom or has failing grades.
- nonadhesive — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- noncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- north haven — a town in S Connecticut.
- north river — a part of the Hudson River between NE New Jersey and SE New York.
- novelettish — Resembling or characteristic of a novelette.
- olive shell — any marine gastropod of the family Olividae, having a polished, highly colored, elongated shell and a large mantle that, when extended, surrounds the shell.
- on the move — to pass from one place or position to another.
- or whatever — You say or whatever to refer generally to something else of the same kind as the thing or things that you have just mentioned.
- or wherever — You use or wherever to say that something might happen in a place other than the place you have mentioned, but that you are not able to say exactly where.
- over-handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- over-sharer — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.