11-letter words containing va
- multivalued — possessing several or many values.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- napa valley — a valley in Napa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of N California, noted for its wine production
- naval brass — an alloy of about 60 percent copper and 40 percent zinc, with traces of lead, tin, arsenic, and iron, used in marine and steam-generating equipment.
- navratilova — Martina, born 1956, U.S. tennis player, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- neoadjuvant — (medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
- noctivagant — someone who wanders in the night
- non-arrival — an act of arriving; a coming: His arrival was delayed by traffic.
- non-vacuous — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- nonarrivals — Plural form of nonarrival.
- noninvasive — not invading adjacent healthy cells, blood vessels, or tissues; localized: a noninvasive tumor.
- nonrelevant — Not relevant.
- nonvalidity — the quality of being nonvalid or invalid, a lack of validity
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- nova iguacu — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- nova lisboa — former name of Huambo.
- nova scotia — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- observables — Plural form of observable.
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
- observative — Observant; watchful.
- observatory — a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- on approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- ottava rima — an Italian stanza of eight lines, each of eleven syllables (or, in the English adaptation, of ten or eleven syllables), the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet with a different rhyme: used in Keats' Isabella and Byron's Don Juan.
- oval office — the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.
- oval window — an oval opening at the head of the cochlea, connecting the middle and inner ear, through which sound vibrations of the stapes are transmitted.
- ovariectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; oophorectomy.
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded
- passivation — the process of passivating a material
- pentavalent — having a valence of 5: pentavalent arsenic.
- perceivable — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- pillow lava — lava in the form of an agglomeration of rounded, pillow-shaped masses, the result of subaqueous or subglacial volcanic eruption.
- place value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- place-value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- port lavaca — a town in S Texas.
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- preapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.