10-letter words containing g, v
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- grievingly — In a grieving manner.
- grievously — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- grooviness — the quality of being groovy
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- grove city — a town in central Ohio.
- grovelling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- guarapuava — a city in S Brazil.
- gustavus i — (Gustavus Vasa) 1496–1560, king of Sweden 1523–60.
- gustavus v — 1858–1950, king of Sweden 1907–50: advocate of Swedish neutrality during World Wars I and II.
- hang heavy — to pass tediously; drag
- hargreaves — James, died 1778, English inventor of spinning machinery.
- 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.
- hog heaven — heaven (def 6).
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- indagative — (obsolete) Searching; exploring; investigating.
- ingressive — of, relating to, or involving ingress.
- innovating — Make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
- invaginate — to insert or receive, as into a sheath; sheathe.
- invaliding — Present participle of invalid.
- 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.
- invigorant — a tonic.
- invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invitingly — attractive, alluring, or tempting: an inviting offer.
- invocating — invoke.
- irrigative — serving for or pertaining to irrigation.
- ivory gull — a white, arctic gull, Pagophila eburnea.
- 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.
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- 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.
- kirovograd — a city in S central Ukraine.
- kolmogorov — Andrei Nikolaevich (anˈdrjej nikaˈlajəvitʃ). (1903–87), Soviet mathematician, who made important contributions to the theoretical foundations of probability
- kragujevac — a town in E central Serbia; capital of Serbia (1818–39); automobile industry. Pop: 145 890 (2002)
- krivoi rog — a city in SE Ukraine, SW of Dnepropetrovsk.
- krivoy rog — a city in SE Ukraine: founded in the 17th century by Cossacks; iron-mining centre; iron- and steelworks. Pop: 658 000 (2005 est)
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- landgraves — Plural form of landgrave.
- 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.
- levogyrate — levorotatory