11-letter words containing v, s, o, l
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- silent vote — the vote of persons who have not previously expressed or made evident a preference.
- 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 foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- silvicolous — living or growing in woodlands.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- slave coast — the coast of W equatorial Africa, between the Benin and Volta rivers: a center of slavery traffic 16th–19th centuries.
- slave labor — persons, especially a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp; a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- 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.
- sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.
- social evil — prostitution.
- solemn vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken as a perpetual and more solemn commitment
- solvability — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- solventless — able to pay all just debts.
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
- thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
- 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.
- undissolved — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- unfrivolous — not frivolous
- unoblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- val d'aosta — Valle d'Aosta
- vallombrosa — a resort in central Italy, near Florence: famous abbey.
- varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- vasodilator — a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation.