10-letter words containing s, a, v
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lavishness — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- leavenless — Without any yeast or other raising agent.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- life-saver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifesavers — Plural form of lifesaver.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.
- live steam — steam direct from the boiler and at full pressure, ready for use in work.
- livestream — to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
- longaevous — long-lived
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- love beads — a necklace of small, often handmade beads, worn as a symbol of peace and goodwill, especially in the 1960s.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- loves park — a town in N Illinois.
- mahasattva — A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manservant — a male servant, especially a valet.
- marheshvan — Heshvan.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- mass grave — burial place: many bodies
- mass leave — (in India) leave taken by a large number of employees at the same time, as a form of protest
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- mesa verde — a national park in SW Colorado: ruins of prehistoric cliff dwellings. 80 sq. mi. (207 sq. km).
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- meta-vlisp — (language) An innovative Lisp dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France.
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- misadvised — Simple past tense and past participle of misadvise.
- 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.
- misvaluing — Present participle of misvalue.
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.
- motivators — Plural form of motivator.
- 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.
- nativistic — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativities — Plural form of nativity.
- nauseative — causing nausea
- naval base — military stronghold