11-letter words containing v, r
- alleviatory — having the ability to reduce or moderate the severity of something
- almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- altercative — relating to altercation
- alternative — If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
- ambiversion — a condition or character trait that includes elements of both introversion and extroversion
- amur privet — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
- anniversary — An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year.
- anovulatory — not associated with, not caused by, or not exhibiting ovulation.
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- antigravity — acting against the force of gravity
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- apperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- approbative — showing approbation or approval
- approvement — (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- arbitrative — having the power to arbitrate
- arbor vitae — any of several Asian and North American evergreen coniferous trees of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, esp Thuja occidentalis, having tiny scalelike leaves and egglike cones
- arborvitaes — Plural form of arborvitae.
- arboviruses — Plural form of arbovirus.
- architraved — having an architrave or architraves
- architraves — Plural form of architrave.
- archvillain — A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
- argumentive — argumentative
- ari service — (company) The trading name of the remnants of AST Research, Inc.. ARI Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., of Seoul, Korea. They no longer manufacture or distribute computer hardware, but they continue to provide worldwide technical and service support to owners of systems that they manufactured. Headquarters: 16225 Alton Parkway, POB 57005, Irvine, California 92619-7005, USA.
- arrivederci — goodbye
- art nouveau — Art Nouveau is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1890s. It is characterized by flowing lines and patterns of flowers and leaves.
- art of love — Latin Ars Amatoria. a series of poems in three books (1? b.c.) by Ovid.
- arte povera — a style of minimal art originating in Italy in the late 1960s, making use of cheap and commonly available materials such as stones, newspapers etc
- artsybashev — Mikhail [Russian myi-khuh-yeel] /Russian myɪ xʌˈyil/ (Show IPA), Artzybashev, Mikhail.
- artzybashev — Mikhail [myi-khuh-yeel] /myɪ xʌˈyil/ (Show IPA), 1878–1927, Russian writer.
- assertively — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- asseverated — Simple past tense and past participle of asseverate.
- assortative — Denoting or involving the preferential mating of animals or marrying of people with similar characteristics.
- at variance — If one thing is at variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.
- attributive — relating to an attribute
- autogravure — a particular process of photographic engraving in which images are projected directly onto a plate
- autoreverse — a system in a tape player that automatically reverses the tape and plays another track when one track has finished
- avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- average joe — An average Joe is an average or ordinary man.
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- avicularium — a protective zooid of a bryozoan colony, having movable jaws that can be snapped shut.
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- awash-river — a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides