10-letter words containing s, e, v, n, r
- galvaniser — Alternative spelling of galvanizer.
- gansevoort — Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
- gerundives — Plural form of gerundive.
- governessy — resembling or typical of a governess
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- gravestone — a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- grooviness — the quality of being groovy
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- harvestman — daddy-longlegs (def 1).
- harvestmen — Plural form of harvestman.
- in reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- in reverse — backwards
- in-service — taking place while one is employed: an in-service training program.
- ingressive — of, relating to, or involving ingress.
- innervates — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- intervales — Plural form of intervale.
- intervenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intervene.
- interviews — Hold an interview with (someone).
- introverts — Plural form of introvert.
- inventress — (often, pejorative) An inventrix; a female inventor.
- inversions — Plural form of inversion.
- involucres — Plural form of involucre.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- landgraves — Plural form of landgrave.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leverkusen — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, on the Rhine.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manservant — a male servant, especially a valet.
- marheshvan — Heshvan.
- misgoverns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgovern.
- misventure — an unfortunate undertaking; misadventure.
- 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.
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- never-outs — articles that a supplier, esp a retail store, is 'never out of', i.e. always has in stock
- newsvendor — a person who sells newspapers or periodicals.
- nondiverse — Not diverse.
- nym server — nym
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overdesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- overdosing — Present participle of overdose.
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overseeing — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overstrewn — scattered over
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- overstrong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.