10-letter words containing n, a, r, v
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- conservant — having the quality of conserving or preserving
- conservate — (dated, transitive) To conserve.
- contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- conversant — If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
- conversate — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- convocator — a person who convokes a meeting.
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
- covariance — a measure of the association between two random variables, equal to the expected value of the product of the deviations from the mean of the two variables, and estimated by the sum of products of deviations from the sample mean for associated values of the two variables, divided by the number of sample points. Written as Cov (X, Y)
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- cravenness — cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- denervated — Simple past tense and past participle of denervate.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- 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)
- endeavored — Simple past tense and past participle of endeavor.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- enervating — Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- enervative — Causing enervation.
- engravable — Capable of being engraved (upon).
- engravings — Plural form of engraving.
- entreative — pleading
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- everywoman — a woman who exemplifies all women in some way
- eyeservant — A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- 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.
- gainstrive — to resist; to oppose
- galvaniser — Alternative spelling of galvanizer.
- galvanizer — One who, or that which, galvanizes.
- gansevoort — Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.