10-letter words containing e, l, v
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- cavalcades — Plural form of cavalcade.
- cavalierly — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- cavillers' — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cellosolve — an organic compound used as a solvent in the plastics industry; 2-ethoxyethan-1-ol. Formula: C2H5OCH2CH2OH
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chevesaile — a decorative collar on an article of clothing
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- civil year — calendar year
- civilities — Plural form of civility.
- civilizers — Plural form of civilizer.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- clement iv — (Guy Foulques) died 1268, French ecclesiastic: pope 1265–68.
- clement vi — (Pierre Roger) 1291–1352, French ecclesiastic: pope 1342–52.
- cleverness — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- cloud over — If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
- clove pink — carnation (sense 1)
- clover key — feature key
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- coercively — serving or tending to coerce.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- collective — Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- completive — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- consultive — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- convalesce — If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
- convenable — proper or correct in behaviour or conduct
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- conversely — You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described.
- convexedly — convexly
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convoluted — If you describe a sentence, idea, or system as convoluted, you mean that it is complicated and difficult to understand.
- convolutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convolute.
- convulsive — A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- cookeville — a town in central Tennessee.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
- corelative — correlative
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covenantal — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- cover girl — A cover girl is an attractive woman whose photograph appears on the front of a magazine.