11-letter words containing iv
- arrivederci — goodbye
- assertively — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- associative — Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
- assortative — Denoting or involving the preferential mating of animals or marrying of people with similar characteristics.
- attentively — while giving attention; observantly: Please listen attentively.
- attentivity — The quality of being attentive; attentiveness.
- attestative — relating to or of the nature of attestation
- attributive — relating to an attribute
- attuitively — in an attuitive manner
- 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
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
- benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
- benefactive — of or relating to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son.
- bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
- bioactivity — any effect on, interaction with, or response from living tissue.
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black ivory — Black slaves collectively
- black olive — a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras, having leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- bow divider — a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
- bravo-river — Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactive — producing heat
- captivating — Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you.
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- captivative — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- caressively — caressingly
- carminative — able to relieve flatulence
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- celebrative — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- chichivache — (in early English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a cow verging on starvation, that existed solely by devouring virtuous women.
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- 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.
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- civil union — a legally recognized marriage-like union of same-sex partners
- civilianize — to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc) from military to nonmilitary
- clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
- clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly