10-letter words containing n, u, v
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- 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)
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- dvd burner — A DVD burner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD.
- eigenvalue — Each of a set of values of a parameter for which a differential equation has a nonzero solution (an eigenfunction) under given conditions.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- equivalent — Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
- 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.
- evaluating — Present participle of evaluate.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- eventfully — In a eventful manner; with much activity.
- eventually — In the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.
- eventuated — Simple past tense and past participle of eventuate.
- eventuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eventuate.
- everduring — (obsolete) everlasting.
- evolutions — Plural form of evolution.
- exuviating — Present participle of exuviate.
- exuviation — The process of producing exuviae.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- gerundives — Plural form of gerundive.
- give up on — abandon: sb
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- huntsville — a city in N Alabama: rocket and missile center.
- 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.
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- incubative — Of or pertaining to incubation.
- incurvated — Simple past tense and past participle of incurvate.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- individuum — an indivisible entity; something that cannot be divided
- indurative — the act of indurating.
- injunctive — Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- insulative — serving to protect or insulate: glassware shipped in insulative packing.
- interfluve — the land area separating adjacent stream valleys.
- invaluable — beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth; priceless: an invaluable art collection; her invaluable assistance.
- invaluably — beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth; priceless: an invaluable art collection; her invaluable assistance.
- inventious — (obsolete) inventive.
- involucral — Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
- involucred — (botany) Having an involucre.
- involucres — Plural form of involucre.
- involucrum — involucre.
- involution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- jovysaunce — joy
- juvenalian — (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.