10-letter words containing s, a, v, e
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- cravenness — cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- cultivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cultivate.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvatures — Plural form of curvature.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- daredevils — Plural form of daredevil.
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- desalivate — to arrest the flow of saliva in (a human or other animal).
- devaluates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate.
- devastated — If you are devastated by something, you are very shocked and upset by it.
- devastates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devastate.
- devastator — to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: destroy, sack, despoil, raze, ruin, level. Antonyms: create, erect, develop.
- devastavit — the waste or mismanagement, whether wilful or by neglect, of a deceased person's estate by the executor of his or her will or another trustee of the estate
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- disadvance — to stop or cause to stop advancing
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disenslave — to free from slave status
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- displacive — That involves or causes displacement.
- dissuasive — tending or liable to dissuade.
- divemaster — a professional qualified to oversee scuba diving operations, as in salvage work or at a resort, and responsible for procedures and safety, monitoring the whereabouts of divers underwater or at the surface, and making rescues when necessary.
- dorsovelar — articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) and (ŋ)
- dragsville — something unpleasantly boring or tedious.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawshaves — Plural form of drawshave.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- east haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- east river — a strait in SE New York separating Manhattan Island from Long Island and connecting New York Bay and Long Island Sound.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- engravings — Plural form of engraving.
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national
- envisaging — Present participle of envisage.
- equivalise — To make equivalent.
- estimative — Of or pertaining to an estimate or to estimation.
- estivation — Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
- evaluators — Plural form of evaluator.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
- evanescing — Present participle of evanesce.
- 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.
- evansville — a city in SW Indiana, on the Ohio River. Pop: 117 881 (2003 est)