11-letter words containing v, i, r
- 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.
- centerville — a town in W Ohio.
- cervelliere — a close-fitting cap of mail or plate; coif.
- cervicalgia — Neck pain.
- cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- 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
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- chris evert — Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- circleville — a city in S central Ohio.
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- circumvolve — to (cause to) turn around
- civic trust — a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces, and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- 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
- cohortative — intended to encourage
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- comic verse — amusing verse
- comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
- compressive — compressing or having the power or capacity to compress
- congo river — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- contractive — having the power of contracting
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contrivable — Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
- contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
- contrivings — Plural form of contriving.
- conversions — Plural form of conversion.
- convertible — A convertible is a car with a soft roof that can be folded down or removed.
- convertibly — In a convertible manner.
- conveyorize — to install conveyor belts in (a factory, etc)
- cooperative — A cooperative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- coronavirus — a type of airborne virus accounting for 10-30% of all colds
- corporative — of or characteristic of a corporation
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment
- correctives — Plural form of corrective.
- correlative — If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it.
- corrosively — In a corrosive manner.
- corrosivity — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.