10-letter words containing a, d, e, v, i
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- dedicative — of or relating to dedication; serving as a dedication.
- delineavit — (he or she) drew it: used formerly on prints alongside the name of the artist of the original drawing
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- demotivate — to cause (a person) to lose motivation
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- deprivable — Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derivative — A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
- derivatize — to alter (a chemical compound) via a chemical reaction, so that it becomes a derivative
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- desalivate — to arrest the flow of saliva in (a human or other animal).
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- devastavit — the waste or mismanagement, whether wilful or by neglect, of a deceased person's estate by the executor of his or her will or another trustee of the estate
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- devitalize — to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
- devocalize — devoice.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- disadvance — to stop or cause to stop advancing
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disenslave — to free from slave status
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- displacive — That involves or causes displacement.
- dissuasive — tending or liable to dissuade.
- divaricate — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
- dive table — Often, dive tables. a numerical table used by scuba divers to determine time limits of dives, according to depth, as well as possible decompression delays during ascent and requisite surface intervals between dives.
- divemaster — a professional qualified to oversee scuba diving operations, as in salvage work or at a resort, and responsible for procedures and safety, monitoring the whereabouts of divers underwater or at the surface, and making rescues when necessary.
- divulgated — to make publicly known; publish.
- dolce vita — sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la).
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dovetailed — noting a partition line or a charge, as an ordinary, having a series of indentations suggesting dovetails.
- dragsville — something unpleasantly boring or tedious.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drive away — depart in a vehicle
- driver ant — army ant.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- drivetrain — the power train of an automotive vehicle consisting of all the components between the engine and driving wheels and including the clutch and axle, as well as the components of the driveline.
- dubitative — doubting; doubtful.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- eau de vie — brandy, especially a coarser and less purified variety.
- edward vii — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- evaginated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaginate.
- evidential — Of or providing evidence.