10-letter words containing a, t, v
- appetitive — pertaining to appetite.
- appointive — relating to or filled by appointment
- appositive — standing in apposition
- aqua vitae — alcohol
- arborvitae — any of a number of N. American or Far Eastern evergreen conifers, belonging chiefly to the genus Thuja
- architrave — the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
- archivists — Plural form of archivist.
- archivolts — Plural form of archivolt.
- ariovistus — flourished c71–58 b.c, Germanic leader of the Suevi.
- arrivistes — Plural form of arriviste.
- arrogative — Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- assaultive — tending or seeming to assault; physically aggressive: the assaultive behavior of the inmates; the assaultive manner of some rock bands.
- asseverate — to assert or declare emphatically or solemnly
- assumptive — taken for granted.
- astrictive — Binding; astringent.
- atazanavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class that is used in to treat HIV infected patients.
- atevirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
- attractive — A person who is attractive is pleasant to look at.
- auth. ver. — Authorized Version (of the Bible)
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autoclaves — Plural form of autoclave.
- automative — Relating to automation.
- automotive — Automotive is used to refer to things relating to cars.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- avanturine — Alternative form of aventurine.
- avengement — (rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
- aventurine — a dark-coloured glass, usually green or brown, spangled with fine particles of gold, copper, or some other metal
- aversation — (obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
- avertiment — an advertisement
- aviatrices — Plural form of aviatrix.
- aviculture — the keeping and rearing of birds
- avigator's — aerial navigation.
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avoidantly — In an avoidant manner.
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- bank vault — a strongroom in a bank for the storage of valuable items
- barneveldt — ˈJan van Olden (ˌjɑnˈvɑn ɔldən ) ; yänˌvän ôlˈdən) 1547-1619; Du. statesman & patriot
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- beaverette — rabbit fur dyed to resemble beaver.
- beta waves — a pattern of high-frequency brain waves (beta waves) observed in normal persons upon sensory stimulation, especially with light, or when they are engaging in purposeful mental activity.
- bhavabhuti — flourished 8th century, Indian dramatist.
- blast wave — a violent propagating disturbance, produced by an explosion in air, that consists of an abrupt rise in pressure followed by a drop in pressure to or below atmospheric pressure.
- bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
- bon vivant — a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- bratislava — the capital of Slovakia since 1918, a port on the River Danube; capital of Hungary (1541–1784) and seat of the Hungarian parliament until 1848. Pop: 428 672 (2001)
- calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2