11-letter words containing v, e, r, i, t, s
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- stern-drive — inboard-outboard (def 1).
- stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
- stone river — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. Compare Murfreesboro.
- 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.
- subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- 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.
- 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
- tea service — a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the shivers — an attack of shivering, esp through fear or illness
- 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
- 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
- unintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- ventriculus — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- versability — the quality or state of being capable of being turned
- versatilely — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- versatility — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- verslibrist — someone who writes free verse
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vi et armis — a kind of trespass accompanied by force and violence
- vibratoless — without vibrato
- victoryless — without victory
- vincristine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 , derived from the periwinkle, Vinca rosea, used in the management of leukemias and lymphomas.
- vineyardist — a person who owns or operates a vineyard.
- violet iris — an iris, Iris verna, of the eastern U.S., having solitary, violet-blue flowers.
- viridescent — slightly green; greenish.
- virilescent — possessing typically male characteristics
- vitrescence — becoming glass.