10-letter words containing n, u, s, v
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- rendezvous — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
- stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
- suaveolent — fragrant or sweet-smelling
- subclavian — situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- sun valley — a village in S central Idaho: winter resort.
- surveyance — survey; inspection; superintendence
- survivance — survival
- suspensive — pertaining to or characterized by suspension.
- sustentive — sustaining, esp life or growth
- swivel gun — a gun mounted on a pedestal so that it can be turned from side to side or up and down.
- transvalue — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- undecisive — indecisive
- underserve — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.
- undeserved — justly or rightly earned; merited: a deserved increase in salary.
- undeserver — a person who does not deserve something
- undivested — not divested, deprived, or dispossessed
- unenslaved — not enslaved; not made a slave
- unevenness — not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.
- uninvasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- uninvested — (of capital, cash, funds, money, etc) not invested in a scheme or company with the aim of making a profit
- university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- unobserved — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- unplausive — not applauding; disapproving
- unravished — to rape (a woman).
- unreserved — not restricted; without reservation; full; entire; unqualified: unreserved approval.
- unresolved — firm in purpose or intent; determined.
- unreversed — (of a sentence, decree, decision, etc) not reversed, overturned, or repealed
- unsalvaged — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- unsaveable — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- unserviced — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- unsolvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- unsurveyed — not surveyed; that has not been surveyed or thoroughly examined; not having been subjected to a survey
- unswerving — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unvirtuous — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- vaginismus — a painful spasm of the vagina.