10-letter words containing c, a, r, v, i
- 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.
- 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.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- cutis vera — cutis.
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- divaricate — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- echeverria — Esteban [es-te-vahn] /ɛsˈtɛ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1805–51, Argentine poet.
- evaporitic — Of or pertaining to an evaporite.
- eviscerate — Disembowel (a person or animal).
- execrative — A word used for cursing; an oath.
- extractive — Of or involving extraction, especially the extensive extraction of natural resources without provision for their renewal.
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- incurvated — Simple past tense and past participle of incurvate.
- invariance — The property of being invariant.
- inveracity — untruthfulness; mendacity.
- inveteracy — the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained: the inveteracy of people's prejudices.
- invocatory — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- involucral — Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
- javascript — Alternative capitalization of JavaScript.
- lacerative — Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.
- larvacidal — Alternative spelling of larvicidal.
- larvicidal — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- overfacile — excessively facile
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.