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11-letter words containing v, i, l, e

  • brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
  • brecksville — a town in N Ohio.
  • brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
  • cablevision — cable television.
  • calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • calefactive — producing heat
  • cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
  • caressively — caressingly
  • carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
  • catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
  • cavaliering — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
  • cavalierish — like a cavalier
  • cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
  • celebrative — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
  • celestine vSaint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.
  • centerville — a town in W Ohio.
  • cervelliere — a close-fitting cap of mail or plate; coif.
  • cervicalgia — Neck pain.
  • charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
  • charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
  • chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
  • circleville — a city in S central Ohio.
  • circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
  • circumvolve — to (cause to) turn around
  • civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
  • civilianize — to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc) from military to nonmilitary
  • clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
  • clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
  • clavigerous — bearing a key or club
  • clement vii — original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
  • clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
  • clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
  • clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
  • clove hitch — a knot or hitch used for securing a rope to a spar, post, or larger rope
  • coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
  • coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  • cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
  • coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
  • coffeyville — a city in SE Kansas.
  • cognitively — in a cognitive manner
  • coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
  • collectives — Plural form of collective.
  • colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
  • collocative — the act of collocating.
  • collusively — in a collusive manner
  • combatively — In a combative way.
  • compulsives — Plural form of compulsive.
  • conceivable — If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it.
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