10-letter words containing c, i, v, e
- vermicidal — a substance or agent used to kill worms, especially a drug used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
- vermicular — of, relating to, or done by worms.
- verrocchio — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1435–88, Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and painter.
- versicolor — changeable in color: versicolor skies.
- versicular — of or consisting of verses.
- vertically — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- vesiculate — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vesiculose — composed of or containing vesicles
- vicariance — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- vice squad — a police squad charged with enforcing laws dealing with gambling, prostitution, and other forms of vice.
- vice versa — the other way around
- vicegerent — an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
- viceregent — a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.
- vicomtesse — the wife or widow of a vicomte; a French viscountess.
- victimised — to make a victim of.
- victimized — to make a victim of.
- victimizer — to make a victim of.
- victimless — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
- victoriate — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued in the late 3rd century b.c., having a figure of Victory on the reverse.
- victualage — food; provisions; victuals.
- victualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- victualler — a person who furnishes victuals, especially a sutler.
- video call — a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk
- video clip — short videotape extract
- video club — a club from which members can rent films on video or DVD
- videogenic — telegenic.
- vincentian — Also called Lazarist. a member of the “Congregation of the Mission,” founded in France in 1625, engaged chiefly in conducting missions and clerical seminaries.
- vindicable — capable of being vindicated: a vindicable expedient.
- vindictive — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- viola clef — alto clef.
- violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
- violescent — tending to a violet color: a violescent twilight sky.
- virescence — state of becoming somewhat, though usually not totally, green, due to the abnormal presence of chlorophyll.
- viscachera — the burrow system of viscachas, which can extend up to 600 square metres, and has 4 to 30 entrances, some of which are big enough for a person to stand waist-deep
- viscerally — of or relating to the viscera.
- viscometer — a device for measuring viscosity.
- viscometry — a device for measuring viscosity.
- visiogenic — appropriate for broadcast on television
- vitellicle — the sac of a yolk
- vitrectomy — the microsurgical procedure of removing the vitreous humor and replacing it with saline solution, performed to improve vision that has been impaired by opacities.
- vitrescent — becoming glass.
- vivisector — to dissect the living body of (an animal).
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- vociferous — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- voice coil — a moving coil that drives the diaphragm of a sound reproduction system, as a loudspeaker, by the interaction of a changing magnetic field that is produced by a current in the coil and a fixed magnetic field that is produced by permanent magnets.
- voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- voice vote — a vote based on estimation of the relative strength of ayes and noes called out rather than on a counting of ballots, a roll call, or a division.