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11-letter words containing v, e, i, t, s

  • split-level — noting a house having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usually differing by approximately half a story.
  • splitsville — the state or condition of being divorced or separated.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • st. vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
  • state visit — an official visit of the chief of state of one country to that of another.
  • statesville — a city in central North Carolina.
  • stephen vii — died a.d. 931, pope 928–931.
  • stern-drive — inboard-outboard (def 1).
  • stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
  • stimulative — serving to stimulate.
  • stone river — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. Compare Murfreesboro.
  • subadditive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
  • subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
  • subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
  • subjunctive — (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2).
  • subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • substantive — a noun.
  • subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
  • superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • suppositive — of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.
  • suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  • surveillant — exercising surveillance.
  • swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • sylvester i — Saint, died a.d. 335, pope 314–335.
  • sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • tax evasion — the nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.
  • tea service — a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • the five ks — items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance
  • the heavies — a serious newspaper
  • the shivers — an attack of shivering, esp through fear or illness
  • thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
  • time-saving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
  • time-served — (of a craftsman or tradesman) having completed an apprenticeship; fully trained and competent
  • time-server — a person who shapes his or her conduct to conform to the opinions of the time or of persons in power, especially for selfish ends.
  • transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
  • translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
  • turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
  • ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
  • unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
  • underinvest — to invest or lay out insufficient money with the expectation of profit
  • unintensive — of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.
  • unintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
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