10-letter words containing a, v, i
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- 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.
- chavtastic — suitable for or designed for chavs
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chevesaile — a decorative collar on an article of clothing
- 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
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- civic hall — a public venue, often used for recreational facilities such as sports clubs or music concerts
- civil year — calendar year
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- coactivate — To cause, or to undergo coactivation.
- coactivity — acting together.
- cofavorite — a joint favourite
- cogitative — capable of thinking
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- comitative — (of a case) expressing accompaniment
- 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
- cooptative — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- 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.
- corelative — correlative
- 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)
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- creatively — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativity — creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- cultivable — (of land) capable of being cultivated
- cultivated — If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
- cultivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cultivate.
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- cumulative — If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater.
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- cutis vera — cutis.