10-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- 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.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- driver ant — army ant.
- 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.
- driving at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- 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)
- eigenvalue — Each of a set of values of a parameter for which a differential equation has a nonzero solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions.
- élan vital — a creative principle held by Henri Bergson to be present in all organisms and responsible for evolution
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- enervating — Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- enervative — Causing enervation.
- engravings — Plural form of engraving.
- entitative — Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances, that is, regarded as entity alone, apart from attendant circumstances.
- entreative — pleading
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- envisaging — Present participle of envisage.
- equivalent — Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
- estivation — Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evaginated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaginate.
- evaluating — Present participle of evaluate.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- evanescing — Present participle of evanesce.
- evangeline — a feminine name
- evangelise — Alternative spelling of evangelize.
- evangelism — The spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.
- evangelist — (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
- evangelize — Convert or seek to convert (someone) to Christianity.
- evansville — a city in SW Indiana, on the Ohio River. Pop: 117 881 (2003 est)
- evidential — Of or providing evidence.
- evocations — Plural form of evocation.
- excavating — Present participle of excavate.
- excavation — The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.
- exuviating — Present participle of exuviate.
- exuviation — The process of producing exuviae.
- fancy dive — any of the series of specified dives executed in fancy diving, as the jackknife or gainer.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- flavorings — Plural form of flavoring.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- fortran iv — IBM 1962. For the IBM 7090/94. Many implementations went well beyond the original definition.
- fortran vi — IBM's internal name for early PL/I work ca. 1963.
- gaingiving — a misgiving.
- gainstrive — to resist; to oppose