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11-letter words starting with v

  • 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.
  • venturesome — having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring: a venturesome investor; a venturesome explorer.
  • 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
  • venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
  • veraciously — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
  • veratridine — a yellowish-white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 36 H 51 NO 11 , occurring with veratrine in the seeds of the sabadilla.
  • verb phrase — a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
  • 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.
  • verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
  • verberation — a lashing, beating, or whipping
  • verbigerate — to talk or chat
  • verboseness — characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
  • verdigrises — a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate.
  • verdureless — without verdure
  • vere childe — Vere Gordon [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.
  • vereeniging — a city in the S Transvaal, in NE Republic of South Africa, S of Johannesburg.
  • veridically — truthful; veracious.
  • verisimilar — having the appearance of truth; likely; probable: a verisimilar tale.
  • vermiculate — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
  • vermiculite — any of a group of platy minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum, magnesium, and iron, that expand markedly on being heated: used in the expanded state for heat insulation and as a plant growth medium.
  • vermiculous — containing or resembling worms
  • vermination — to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
  • vermivorous — (of birds) feeding on worms, grubs, or insect vermin.
  • verruciform — in the shape of a wart
  • versability — the quality or state of being capable of being turned
  • versatilely — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
  • versatility — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
  • versed sine — one minus the cosine of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: vers.
  • versicolour — changeable in color: versicolor skies.
  • verslibrist — someone who writes free verse
  • vertebrated — having vertebrae; vertebral; vertebrate.
  • vertebrates — having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column.
  • vertebratus — (of a cloud) having elements arranged in a riblike pattern.
  • verticality — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • vertiginous — whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
  • very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
  • 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.
  • vest pocket — the pocket of a waistcoat
  • vest-pocket — designed to be carried in the pocket of the vest, in a purse, or in a similarly small space; miniature: a vest-pocket dictionary.
  • vestigially — of, relating to, or of the nature of a vestige: a vestigial tail.
  • vesuvianite — a mineral, chiefly a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, commonly in tetragonal crystals and usually of a brown to green color; idocrase.
  • veteran car — a car constructed before 1919, esp one constructed before 1905
  • vexillation — a group of soldiers in the Roman army, usually comprising a thousand men
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