10-letter words containing a, v
- gansevoort — Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gate valve — a valve in a pipe or channel having a sliding plate that controls the flow
- gear lever — gearshift.
- generative — capable of producing or creating.
- german ivy — a twining composite plant, Senecio mikanioides, native to southern Africa, having ivy-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- gilravager — someone who makes merry, esp to excess
- give chase — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- 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.
- give place — to make room
- given name — the name given to one, as distinguished from an inherited family name; first name; Christian name: His given name is John.
- glaze over — If your eyes glaze over, they become dull and lose all expression, usually because you are bored or are thinking about something else.
- glovemaker — A maker of gloves; a glover.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- governable — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governance — information technology governance
- governante — a housekeeper
- grandville — a town in SW Michigan.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- grass over — If an area of ground is grassed over, grass is planted all over it.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- gravelling — Present participle of gravel.
- gravenhage — a Dutch name of The Hague.
- graveolent — That has a rank smell.
- gravesides — Plural form of graveside.
- gravesites — Plural form of gravesite.
- gravestone — a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- gravettian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an advanced Upper Paleolithic industry of Europe dating to c25,000 b.c. and characterized by straight, blunt-backed blades.
- graveyards — Plural form of graveyard.
- gravimeter — an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a solid or liquid.
- gravimetry — the measurement of weight or density.
- gravitated — Simple past tense and past participle of gravitate.
- gravitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gravitate.
- gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
- gravy boat — a small dish, often boat-shaped, for serving gravy or sauce.
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- guarapuava — a city in S Brazil.
- gustavus i — (Gustavus Vasa) 1496–1560, king of Sweden 1523–60.
- gustavus v — 1858–1950, king of Sweden 1907–50: advocate of Swedish neutrality during World Wars I and II.
- haakon vii — (Prince Carl of Denmark) 1872–1957, king of Norway 1905–57: in exile 1940–45.
- 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.")
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hacktivist — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hadrian iv — (Nicholas Breakspear) c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.
- hadrian vi — 1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
- hair weave — the process of hairweaving.
- half-alive — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- hand level — a leveling instrument held in the hand and used for approximate work at short distances.
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine