10-letter words containing g, i, v, e
- gravettian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an advanced Upper Paleolithic industry of Europe dating to c25,000 b.c. and characterized by straight, blunt-backed blades.
- gravimeter — an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a solid or liquid.
- gravimetry — the measurement of weight or density.
- gravitated — Simple past tense and past participle of gravitate.
- gravitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gravitate.
- greenville — a city in NW South Carolina.
- gregory iv — died a.d. 844, pope 827–844.
- gregory vi — (Johannes Gratianus) died 1048, German ecclesiastic: pope 1045–46.
- greynville — Sir Richard, Grenville, Sir Richard.
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- grievingly — In a grieving manner.
- grievously — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- grooviness — the quality of being groovy
- grove city — a town in central Ohio.
- grovelling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- high liver — a person who lives extravagantly or luxuriously.
- high-level — undertaken by or composed of participants having a high status: a high-level meeting; a high-level investigation.
- indagative — (obsolete) Searching; exploring; investigating.
- ingressive — of, relating to, or involving ingress.
- invaginate — to insert or receive, as into a sheath; sheathe.
- inveighing — Present participle of inveigh.
- inveigling — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- invigilate — to keep watch.
- invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- irrigative — serving for or pertaining to irrigation.
- ivy league — a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern U.S., consisting of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown, having a reputation for high scholastic achievement and social prestige.
- keep vigil — If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
- kid gloves — a glove made of kid leather.
- king devil — any of several European hawkweeds introduced into northeastern North America, where they are troublesome weeds.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kingsville — a city in S Texas.
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- leveraging — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- lifegiving — imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- light wave — the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- litigative — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- livingness — The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigour; animation.
- long-lived — having a long life, existence, or duration: a long-lived man; long-lived fame.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- lovingness — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- margravine — the wife of a margrave.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- misgoverns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgovern.
- mitigative — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.