11-letter words containing vo
- equivocator — Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
- evocatively — In an evocative manner.
- evolutional — Of or pertaining to evolution, coming about as a result of the principles of evolution.
- evolutivity — The condition of being evolutive.
- faggot vote — (formerly) a vote created by the allotting of property to a person to give him the status of an elector
- favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
- fervourless — Without fervour.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- fluvoxamine — an antidepressant drug that acts by preventing the re-uptake after release of serotonin in the brain, thereby prolonging its action
- forevouched — previously avowed
- frivolities — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frivolously — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- frugivorous — fruit-eating, as certain bats.
- fungivorous — feeding on fungi, as certain insects.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- half volley — tennis: returning ball after it bounces
- half-volley — (in tennis, racquets, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is hit the moment it bounces from the ground.
- herbivorous — feeding on plants.
- hypovolemia — A decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- in favor of — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- insectivora — the order comprising the insectivores.
- insectivore — an insectivorous animal or plant.
- inter vivos — between living people
- intervolved — Simple past tense and past participle of intervolve.
- invocations — Plural form of invocation.
- invoiceable — Capable of being invoiced; billable.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- involuntary — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.
- involutions — Plural form of involution.
- involvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- irrevocable — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
- ivory tower — a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- ivory-white — of a creamy or yellowish white in color.
- kilovoltage — electric potential difference or electromotive force, as measured in kilovolts.
- larvivorous — feeding on larvae; larva-eating.
- levoglucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- malevolence — the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.