11-letter words containing v, s, i
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- baskerville — a style of type
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- bensenville — a town in NE Illinois.
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- blue devils — a fit of depression or melancholy
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- brecksville — a town in N Ohio.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- cablevision — cable television.
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caressively — caressingly
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cavalierism — the principles or practice of cavaliers
- celestine v — Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.
- cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
- 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
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chris evert — Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- 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.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
- coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
- cognitivism — the meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments state facts and so are either true or false
- cognitivist — A person who believes or works in cognitive grammar.
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- collectives — Plural form of collective.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- comic verse — amusing verse