10-letter words containing i, n, v
- down-river — Something that is moving down-river is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is down-river is towards the mouth of a river.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drivelines — Plural form of driveline.
- drivelling — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- drivenness — past participle of drive.
- driver ant — army ant.
- drivetrain — the power train of an automotive vehicle consisting of all the components between the engine and driving wheels and including the clutch and axle, as well as the components of the driveline.
- driving at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- 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)
- eigenvalue — Each of a set of values of a parameter for which a differential equation has a nonzero solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions.
- élan vital — a creative principle held by Henri Bergson to be present in all organisms and responsible for evolution
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- endocervix — (anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.
- endopelvic — (anatomy) Within the pelvis.
- enervating — Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- enervative — Causing enervation.
- engravings — Plural form of engraving.
- enlivening — Present participle of enliven.
- entitative — Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances, that is, regarded as entity alone, apart from attendant circumstances.
- entreative — pleading
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national
- enveloping — Present participle of envelop.
- envenoming — Present participle of envenom.
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- environics — the study of human and natural forces that determine an environment
- envisaging — Present participle of envisage.
- envisioned — Simple past tense and past participle of envision.
- equivalent — Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
- ergonovine — Ergometrine.
- estivation — Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
- eurovision — the network of the European Broadcasting Union for the exchange of news and television programmes amongst its member organizations and for the relay of news and programmes from outside the network
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evaginated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaginate.
- evaluating — Present participle of evaluate.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- evanescing — Present participle of evanesce.
- evangeline — a feminine name
- evangelise — Alternative spelling of evangelize.
- evangelism — The spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.
- evangelist — (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
- evangelize — Convert or seek to convert (someone) to Christianity.
- evansville — a city in SW Indiana, on the Ohio River. Pop: 117 881 (2003 est)
- everduring — (obsolete) everlasting.
- everliving — Which lives or continues forever; immortal; everlasting.
- every inch — If you talk about every inch of an area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.
- everything — All things; all the things of a group or class.
- evidencing — Present participle of evidence.