10-letter words containing i, n, o, v, a
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- estivation — Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- evocations — Plural form of evocation.
- excavation — The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.
- exuviation — The process of producing exuviae.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- flavorings — Plural form of flavoring.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- fortran iv — IBM 1962. For the IBM 7090/94. Many implementations went well beyond the original definition.
- fortran vi — IBM's internal name for early PL/I work ca. 1963.
- gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
- haakon vii — (Prince Carl of Denmark) 1872–1957, king of Norway 1905–57: in exile 1940–45.
- hanoverian — of or relating to the former ruling house of Hanover.
- hovertrain — an experimental high-speed train that rides on a cushion of air over a concrete guide track in the shape of an inverted T and is propelled by one or more propellers or jet engines.
- id nouveau — A dataflow language by Arvind <[email protected]> and R.S. Nikhil <[email protected]>, MIT LCS, ca. 1986. Id Nouveau began as a functional language, added streams, resource managers and I-structures (mutable arrays). Loops are syntactic sugar for tail recursion. See also Id.
- inchoative — inceptive.
- innovating — Make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
- innovation — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- innovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- innovators — Plural form of innovator.
- innovatory — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- insolvable — incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble.
- invigorant — a tonic.
- invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- inviolable — prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- inviolably — prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- inviolated — Not violated or injured; inviolate.
- invitation — the act of inviting.
- invitatory — serving to invite; conveying an invitation.
- invocating — invoke.
- invocation — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- invocative — invoke.
- invocatory — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- involucral — Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
- isoflavone — a phytoestrogen produced chiefly by plants of the legume family, especially soybeans, potentially useful in lowering cholesterol and in treating some cancers and menopausal symptoms.
- jovialness — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.