10-letter words containing c, i, v, e
- scavenging — to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
- scrivening — writing
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- seven-inch — a phonograph record seven inches in diameter, usually having one popular song on each side.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sieve cell — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- surjective — onto (def 3).
- survivance — survival
- susceptive — receptive.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tick fever — any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- trevithick — Richard, 1771–1833, English engineer.
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- twice over — two times
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- ulcerative — causing ulceration.
- unachieved — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- uncoercive — not coercive; not tending to coerce
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- uncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
- undecisive — indecisive
- undervoice — an undertone or low voice
- undivorced — not divorced; still married
- uninvoiced — an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- univalence — the quality of being univalent.
- unreactive — tending to react.
- unreceived — (of the Eucharist) not taken or received
- unserviced — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- unveracity — lack of veracity or truthfulness; the quality or condition of tending to speak what is false
- vacationer — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vacuumized — to create a vacuum in.
- vagrancies — the conduct of a vagrant.
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vat office — the part of HM Revenue & Customs that deals with VAT
- vaticinate — to foretell; prophesy
- velocipede — a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.
- ventricles — Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
- ventricose — swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- ventriculi — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- verdicchio — a light, dry white wine of the Adriatic coast of central Italy
- vermicelli — a kind of pasta in the form of long, slender, solid threads, resembling spaghetti but thinner. Compare macaroni (def 1).