11-letter words containing v, k
- knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
- knife river — a river in W central North Dakota, flowing E to the Missouri River. 165 miles (265 km) long.
- lake geneva — a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
- lake vänern — a lake in SW Sweden: the largest lake in Sweden and W Europe; drains into the Kattegat. Area: 5585 sq km (2156 sq miles)
- lake-geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- liver fluke — any of various trematodes, as Fasciola hepatica, parasitic in the liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.
- living bank — a facility in which donated human organs or tissues are preserved for subsequent transplantation.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- look alive! — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- look lively — hurry
- make a move — leave
- makebelieve — Alternative form of make-believe.
- movie maker — someone who produces films or movies
- moviemakers — Plural form of moviemaker.
- moviemaking — The production of movies.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- nerve block — an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
- nerve trunk — the main stem of a nerve.
- novosibirsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ob.
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- overbooking — Present participle of overbook.
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- overlooking — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- overpackage — to package excessively
- overstocked — containing too many fish
- park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- picked over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pocket veto — the action of the President in retaining unsigned a bill passed by Congress within the last ten days of a session and thus causing it to die
- pocket-veto — to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto.
- private key — (cryptography) A piece of data used in private-key cryptography and public-key cryptography. In the former the private key is known by both sender and recipient whereas in the latter it is known only to the sender.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- prokopyevsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.
- provokement — the act or instance of provoking
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- rocky river — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- savannakhet — a city in S central Laos.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- skin diving — underwater exploring with face mask and flippers
- skunk river — a river in central Iowa, flowing SE to the Mississippi River. 264 miles (425 km) long.
- sky cavalry — air cavalry.
- slacktivism — actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.
- sleeve link — cuff link.