10-letter words containing h, i, v
- sivash sea — a salt lagoon in S Ukraine, on the N of the Crimea peninsula. About 990 sq. mi. (2560 sq. km).
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- stephen iv — died a.d. 817, pope 816–817.
- stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
- stishovite — a rare polymorph of quartz, SiO 2 , formed under very high pressure, as by meteorite impact.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tail-heavy — noting or pertaining to a craft or vehicle that is too heavy in the rear, from overloading or poor design.
- the devil! — used in such phrases as what the devil, where the devil, etc
- the living — those that are still alive
- the movies — the cinema
- the virgin — the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- theravadin — Hinayanist.
- think over — consider, deliberate
- thriveless — not thriving, flourishing or prospering
- tight five — the combined front and second rows of a rugby union scrum
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trevithick — Richard, 1771–1833, English engineer.
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- tskhinvali — an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1428 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km). Capital: Tskhinvali.
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- unachieved — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unbehaving — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- unravished — to rape (a woman).
- vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanquisher — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- varnishing — the skill or technique of varnishing something
- veltheimia — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, especially V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
- verdicchio — a light, dry white wine of the Adriatic coast of central Italy
- vergership — the position or office of being a verger
- verrocchio — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), 1435–88, Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and painter.
- very light — highly illuminated
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- vibrograph — a device for recording mechanical vibrations.
- victimhood — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
- video shop — a shop that sells and rents videos and DVDs
- videophile — an enthusiast of television, video recording, video equipment, or the like.
- videophone — a telephone that incorporates both voice and video capabilities.
- viewership — an audience of viewers, especially of television, either generally or of a particular kind or program: Viewership is at its peak in the evening hours.
- villa home — one of a set of suburban bungalows built compactly on the one allotment, esp on the former site of a single bungalow
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- vir chakra — an award made to distinguished soldiers by the Government of India
- virginhood — the quality or state of being a virgin; virginity
- virus chip — a glass slide embedded with viral DNA used in DNA sequencing to analyse the genetic makeup of viruses
- 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
- visiophone — a videophone
- visit with — If you visit with someone, you go to see them and spend time with them.