11-letter words containing v, e, n, l
- unvenerable — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- unvisitable — (of a person or place) that cannot be visited
- unvocalized — not articulated; unspoken; unvoiced
- unvulgarize — to make unvulgar; to raise from the level of the common and ordinary; to refine; to elevate
- valediction — an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- valentinian — a.d. 419?–455, emperor of the Western Roman Empire 425–455.
- valentinite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , formed by the oxidation of various minerals containing antimony and occurring in the form of white orthorhombic crystals.
- valiantness — the quality or state of being valiant
- valley wind — a wind that ascends a mountain valley during the day.
- valve train — A valve train is the total mechanism that causes the valves of an engine to lift and close.
- van zeeland — Paul [poul] /paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1973, Belgian statesman: premier 1935–37.
- vellicating — to pluck; twitch.
- velvet bean — a vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods, grown in warm regions for forage or as an ornamental.
- velvetiness — the quality or state of being velvety
- venefically — in a venefic manner
- venereology — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- venlafaxine — an oral antidepressant, C 17 H 27 NO 2 , that is thought to inhibit neuronal reabsorption of serotonin, norepinephrine, and possibly dopamine.
- ventilating — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- ventilation — the act of ventilating.
- ventilative — promoting or producing ventilation.
- ventilatory — of, having, or pertaining to ventilation
- ventral fin — pelvic fin.
- ventricular — of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- ventriculus — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- ventriloquy — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- venturingly — in a venturing manner
- venus shell — a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, typified by the intertidal Venus gallina, with somewhat rounded ribbed valves
- verbal noun — a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden.
- very signal — a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vexillation — a group of soldiers in the Roman army, usually comprising a thousand men
- vice-consul — a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.
- vienna roll — a yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
- vinblastine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 58 N 4 O 9 , derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, especially in the management of lymphomas.
- vinegar eel — a minute nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, common in vinegar, fermenting paste, etc.
- vinegar fly — any fly of the family Drosophilidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying fruit and vegetation.
- viniculture — the science or study of making wines.
- vinyl ether — a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
- vinyl resin — any one of a class of thermoplastic materials, esp PVC and polyvinyl acetate, made by polymerizing vinyl compounds
- violin case — protective carrycase for a violin
- violin clef — treble clef.
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- violoncello — cello1 .
- virginalled — played on the virginal
- virilescent — possessing typically male characteristics
- vlaardingen — a city in the W Netherlands, at the mouth of the Rhine.
- vo language — a type of language that has direct objects following the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as prepositions, prefixes, noun modifiers following nouns, adverbs following verbs, and auxiliary verbs preceding the main verb.
- vol-au-vent — a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- volume unit — a logarithmic unit used to measure the magnitude of a sound wave.
- voluntative — a verb form expressing a desire to perform the action denoted by the verb