10-letter words containing b, i, v
- river bank — land at edge of a river
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- semblative — resembling
- sieva bean — butter bean.
- sieve tube — a vertical series of sieve cells in the phloem, specialized for the conduction of food materials.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverberg — Robert, born 1935, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- silverbill — a species of finch of the genus Munia
- subclavian — situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
- subclavius — a small shoulder muscle, the action of which assists in depressing the shoulder.
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subvariety — a minor or subordinate variety
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- subvisible — invisible unless viewed through a microscope.
- survivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- unbehaving — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- unbeliever — a person who does not believe.
- undrivable — 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.
- unenviable — worthy of envy; very desirable: an enviable position.
- unenviably — in an unenviable manner
- unliveable — livable.
- unvariable — invariable; unchangeable or unchanging
- unvariably — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- unvendible — not vendible or saleable; that cannot be vended or sold
- unviewable — capable of being viewed; visible.
- urban viii — (Maffeo Barberini) 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.
- val-belair — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- vanity bag — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- verifiable — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- vers libre — free verse.
- vestibular — of, relating to, or resembling a vestibule.
- vestibulum — a cavity of the anus and oesophagus in certain colony forming animals (bryozoans)
- vibraculum — any of the modified polyps on the surface of certain bryozoan colonies, having a long, whiplike appendage that clears away debris.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vibrations — the act of vibrating.
- vibrograph — a device for recording mechanical vibrations.
- vibrometer — a vibrograph that measures the amplitude of vibrations.
- vida breve — an opera (1905) by Manuel de Falla.
- vidarabine — an antiviral substance, C 10 H 15 N 5 O 4 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.
- video club — a club from which members can rent films on video or DVD
- vindicable — capable of being vindicated: a vindicable expedient.
- visibility — the state or fact of being visible.
- vitamin b1 — thiamine.