10-letter words containing a, v
- rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- riverwards — towards a river
- road movie — film in which story follows a journey
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- royal navy — the navy of the United Kingdom
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- safe haven — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- sale value — the amount of money that sth would make if it were to be sold
- salivating — to produce saliva.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- salvadoran — of El Salvador or its people or culture
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- salvifical — saving
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- sangiovese — a black grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, used for making Chianti and other wines
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- savingness — the quality of being careful with money; frugality
- savitskaya — Svetlana (svɛtˈlɑːnə). born 1949, Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to walk in space (1984). She was elected to the former Soviet parliament (1989)
- savonarola — Girolamo [ji-rol-uh-moh;; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ;; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- saxicavous — (of molluscs) tending to bore holes or hollow out rocks
- sayreville — a city in central New Jersey.
- scavengers — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- semblative — resembling
- semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
- separative — tending to separate.
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- seven seas — the oceans of the world considered as the N and S Pacific, the N and S Atlantic, and the Arctic, Antarctic, and Indian Oceans
- sexavalent — hexavalent.
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
- shovelhead — bonnethead.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sieva bean — butter bean.
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silvertail — a person of affluence or influence.
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.