10-letter words containing c, a, r, v
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- 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.
- over-react — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- overaffect — To have too great an effect on.
- overarched — Simple past tense and past participle of overarch.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overcharge — to charge (a purchaser) too high a price: When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overglance — to glance over
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overplaced — placed above
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevenance — assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- 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.
- 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.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- reactivate — to render active again; revive.
- reactively — tending to react.
- reactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- 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.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.
- retractive — tending or serving to retract.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
- riaa curve — a graphical representation, adopted as a worldwide standard, of the amplitude in relation to frequency response required for correct reproduction of microgroove disc recordings, compensating for the characteristics of the recording process
- 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.
- scavengers — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.