11-letter words containing v, e, r, a
- ulnar nerve — a nerve situated along the inner side of the arm and passing close to the surface of the skin near the elbow
- ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
- ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
- ultravirile — possessing an extremely high sexual drive
- un-abrasive — any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- unavertable — not able to be averted or prevented
- underactive — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- underivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- undervalued — valued at too low a level or price
- undriveable — unable to be driven
- uneven bars — gym: exercise apparatus
- unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unflavoured — not flavoured
- unharvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- universally — in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.
- unleveraged — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- unravelling — to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
- unremovable — that may be removed.
- unrevealing — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- 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.
- untravelled — not having traveled, especially to distant places; not having gained experience by travel.
- untraversed — not traversed; that has not been traversed
- unvarnished — plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
- 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.
- unveracious — (of a person) not veracious; not tending to speak the truth; untruthful
- unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
- up-and-over — (of a door, etc) opened by being lifted and moved into a horizontal position
- upper volta — former name of Burkina Faso.
- vagus nerve — either one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, heart, and thoracic and abdominal viscera, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from these structures to the brain.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- valley girl — an affluent young Californian woman, typically considered as being excessively concerned with physical appearance and social status
- valve train — A valve train is the total mechanism that causes the valves of an engine to lift and close.
- 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.
- van der hum — a spicy liqueur from South Africa, flavored with tangerine and herbs.
- van der zee — James, 1886–1983, U.S. photographer.
- vapor phase — In its vapor phase a substance can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
- vaporimeter — an instrument for measuring vapor pressure or volume.
- varicellate — having small varices, as certain shells.
- varicelloid — resembling varicella.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- varicolored — having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.
- variegation — an act of variegating.
- varley loop — a device containing a Wheatstone bridge, for comparing resistances and for locating faults in circuits.
- varsovienne — a Polish dance