10-letter words containing a, v
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- privatized — (of the production of goods or services) transferred from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
- privatizer — a person who promotes or facilitates privatization (of publicly owned businesses or services)
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- pulverable — capable of being pulverized; pulverizable.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- putatively — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- quadrivial — having four ways or roads meeting in a point.
- quadrivium — (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
- quadrumvir — a member of a quadrumvirate.
- quail dove — any of several tropical American pigeons of the genera Starnoenas or Geotrygon.
- quantitive — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quiddative — Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.
- quo vadis? — where are you going?
- radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravagement — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- re-advised — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- re-approve — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- re-elevate — to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
- re-engrave — to engrave again
- re-enslave — to enslave again
- rea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- reactivate — to render active again; revive.
- reactively — tending to react.
- reactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- real video — (video, compression) A lossy video compression format from Real Media.
- reality tv — reality television: unscripted programs
- reapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- receivable — fit for acceptance; acceptable.
- recidivate — to engage in recidivism; relapse.
- recitative — of the nature of or resembling recitation or declamation.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- recreative — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- reevaluate — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.