11-letter words containing v, i, r, e, n
- unnervingly — in a manner that makes one feel worried or uncomfortable
- unobserving — not observing
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- unperceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- unprovident — lacking caution; improvident; imprudent
- unquivering — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- unravelling — to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
- unreceptive — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- unreprieved — not reprieved or eased
- unreproving — not reprimanding or reproaching
- unretentive — tending or serving to retain something.
- unretrieved — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- 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.
- unsovereign — a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.
- unvarnished — plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
- unveracious — (of a person) not veracious; not tending to speak the truth; untruthful
- unversed in — not knowledgeable about, acquainted with, or skilled in
- unvitrified — not vitrified; that has not been vitrified
- unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
- valve train — A valve train is the total mechanism that causes the valves of an engine to lift and close.
- variegation — an act of variegating.
- varsovienne — a Polish dance
- vasopressin — Biochemistry. a peptide hormone, synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates capillary muscles and reduces the flow of urine and increases its concentration.
- vendemiaire — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the first month of the year, extending from September 22 to October 21.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- ventral fin — pelvic fin.
- ventricular — of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- ventriculus — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- ventriloquy — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- venturingly — in a venturing manner
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- veratridine — a yellowish-white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 36 H 51 NO 11 , occurring with veratrine in the seeds of the sabadilla.
- verberation — a lashing, beating, or whipping
- vereeniging — a city in the S Transvaal, in NE Republic of South Africa, S of Johannesburg.
- vermination — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- versed sine — one minus the cosine of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: vers.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vice-regent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- vicegerency — the position, government, or office of a vicegerent.
- vienna roll — a yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
- vietnam war — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
- vinaigrette — Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
- 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.
- vine grower — a person who cultivates grapevines
- vinedresser — a person who tends or cultivates vines, especially grapevines.