10-letter words containing a, n, o, v
- convenable — proper or correct in behaviour or conduct
- convenance — suitable behaviour; propriety
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- conversant — If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
- conversate — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- conveyance — A conveyance is a vehicle.
- convocated — Simple past tense and past participle of convocate.
- convocator — a person who convokes a meeting.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- coq au vin — chicken stewed with red wine, onions, etc
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covariance — a measure of the association between two random variables, equal to the expected value of the product of the deviations from the mean of the two variables, and estimated by the sum of products of deviations from the sample mean for associated values of the two variables, divided by the number of sample points. Written as Cov (X, Y)
- covenantal — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- covenanted — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- covenantee — the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- decennoval — relating to nineteen
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- endeavored — Simple past tense and past participle of endeavor.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- envenomate — (of a snake, scorpion, spider, or insect) poison by biting or stinging.
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- estivation — Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- everywoman — a woman who exemplifies all women in some way
- evocations — Plural form of evocation.
- excavation — The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.