11-letter words containing v, o, s, t
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- sleeve note — The sleeve notes are short pieces of writing on the covers of records, which tell you something about the music or the musicians.
- smooth over — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- solvability — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- solventless — able to pay all just debts.
- south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
- south river — a borough in central New Jersey.
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- soviet zone — that part of Germany occupied by Soviet forces in 1945–49: transformed into the German Democratic Republic in 1949–50
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
- stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
- stone river — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. Compare Murfreesboro.
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- suppositive — of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.
- 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.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- tax evasion — the nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
- thrash over — to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
- topsy-turvy — with the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
- tout a vous — sincerely yours.
- travel shot — a camera shot taken from a mobile platform, dolly, or the like, that keeps within range of a moving subject.
- travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- tsiolkovski — Konstantin Eduardovich (kənstʌnˈtjin eduˈadəvɪtʃ). 1857–1935, Russian aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of rocket and space research. His work on liquid-fuelled rockets anticipated the ideas of Robert Goddard
- tsiolkovsky — Konstantin Eduardovich [kon-stuh n-teen ed-wahr-duh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen e-doo-ahr-duh-vyich] /ˈkɒn stən tin ɛdˈwɑr də vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin ɛ duˈɑr də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert.
- turtledoves — any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unobtrusive — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- val d'aosta — Valle d'Aosta
- vasectomize — to perform a vasectomy on
- vasodilator — a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation.
- vasospastic — of or relating to a vasospasm
- vectorscope — a waveform monitor which measures audio and video signals
- venesection — phlebotomy.
- venisection — phlebotomy.
- venturesome — having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring: a venturesome investor; a venturesome explorer.
- vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- vest pocket — the pocket of a waistcoat
- vest-pocket — designed to be carried in the pocket of the vest, in a purse, or in a similarly small space; miniature: a vest-pocket dictionary.