10-letter words containing a, u, v, e
- culvertage — the forfeiture of a person's property, thereby reducing him to the status of a villain
- cumulative — If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater.
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvatures — Plural form of curvature.
- curve ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curve-ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- devaluated — Simple past tense and past participle of devaluate.
- devaluates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate.
- dissuasive — tending or liable to dissuade.
- divulgated — to make publicly known; publish.
- 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.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- eigenvalue — Each of a set of values of a parameter for which a differential equation has a nonzero solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- equivalate — To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with). never doubt the trinidad GAINS.
- equivalent — Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
- equivalise — To make equivalent.
- equivocacy — Equivocalness.
- equivocate — Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evacuative — That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.
- evaluating — Present participle of evaluate.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- evaluative — Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.
- evaluators — Plural form of evaluator.
- eventually — In the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.
- eventuated — Simple past tense and past participle of eventuate.
- eventuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eventuate.
- exhaustive — Examining, including, or considering all elements or aspects; fully comprehensive.
- exuviating — Present participle of exuviate.
- exuviation — The process of producing exuviae.
- face value — the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document.
- favourable — Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
- favourites — Plural form of favourite.
- favourless — without favour, unfortunate
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- fluviatile — pertaining or peculiar to rivers; found in or near rivers.
- food value — The food value of a particular food is a measure of how good it is for you, based on its level of vitamins, minerals, or calories.
- give guard — (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman
- give pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")