10-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bon vivant — a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- canvassing — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- captivance — captivity
- caravaning — Present participle of caravan.
- caravanist — a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- caregiving — the practice of providing care for a vulnerable neighbour or relative
- carnivores — an animal that eats flesh.
- catenative — Denoting a verb that governs a nonfinite form of another verb, for example, like in I like swimming.
- cavalcanti — Guido (ˈɡwiːdo). ?1255–1300, Italian poet, noted for his love poems
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- cavilation — Alternative spelling of cavillation.
- cavitating — Present participle of cavitate.
- cavitation — the formation of vapour- or gas-filled cavities in a flowing liquid when tensile stress is superimposed on the ambient pressure
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chevisance — an illegal arrangement or pact
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- conclavism — a minority movement (and the beliefs of certain Traditionalist Catholics) that rejects the authority of the established pope and instead supports an alternative pope
- conclavist — either of two persons who attend upon a cardinal at a conclave, one usually being an ecclesiastical secretary and the other a personal servant.
- connivance — Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong.
- connivancy — connivance
- constative — (of a statement) able to be true or false
- 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.
- 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)
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- delineavit — (he or she) drew it: used formerly on prints alongside the name of the artist of the original drawing
- 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.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- disadvance — to stop or cause to stop advancing
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- disenslave — to free from slave status
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.