10-letter words containing e, v, c
- 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
- uvulectomy — excision of the uvula.
- 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.
- vacuolated — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- vacuumized — to create a vacuum in.
- vade mecum — something a person carries about for frequent or regular use.
- vagrancies — the conduct of a vagrant.
- vallecular — a furrow or depression.
- 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
- veal crate — a small, partitioned area, lacking in light, in which veal calves are reared to ensure that their meat is white
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- vector sum — the vector obtained by applying vector addition to two or more given vectors.
- 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).
- 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.
- vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- vero beach — a town in central Florida.
- 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