10-letter words containing s, a, v, e
- misadvises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misadvise.
- misbehaved — Simple past tense and past participle of misbehave.
- misbehaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbehave.
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- movie star — famous film actor
- naive user — A luser. Tends to imply someone who is ignorant mainly owing to inexperience. When this is applied to someone who *has* experience, there is a definite implication of stupidity.
- narratives — Plural form of narrative.
- native son — a novel (1940) by Richard Wright.
- nativeness — The state or condition of being native.
- nativities — Plural form of nativity.
- nauseative — causing nausea
- naval base — military stronghold
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativist — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- news value — newsworthiness; value in terms of its interest to consumers of published or broadcast news
- nonevasive — Not evasive.
- nonnatives — Plural form of nonnative.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonstative — (of a verb) expressing an action or process, as run or grow, and able to be used in either simple or progressive tenses: I run every day. I am running home now.
- novitiates — Plural form of novitiate.
- observable — Able to be noticed or perceived; discernible.
- observably — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- observator — (obsolete) An observer.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overassert — to assert too much or too strongly
- overassess — To assess too often.
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overdosage — Excessive dosage; taking too much of a pharmaceutical drug.
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- overstated — If an account or a figure on an account is overstated, the amount that is reported on the financial statement is more than it should be.
- overstayer — a person who illegally remains in a country after the period of the permitted visit has expired
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- parkleaves — a species of St John's wort
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.