10-letter words containing s, n, i, v, e
- stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- survivance — survival
- suspensive — pertaining to or characterized by suspension.
- sustentive — sustaining, esp life or growth
- swing vote — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swivel gun — a gun mounted on a pedestal so that it can be turned from side to side or up and down.
- television — the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.
- timesaving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- townsville — a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.
- transitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- traversing — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- undecisive — indecisive
- undivested — not divested, deprived, or dispossessed
- uninvasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- uninvested — (of capital, cash, funds, money, etc) not invested in a scheme or company with the aim of making a profit
- university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- unplausive — not applauding; disapproving
- unravished — to rape (a woman).
- unserviced — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- unswerving — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- vagrancies — the conduct of a vagrant.
- valentinus — Valentine (def 2).
- vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- vanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanquisher — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- velutinous — having a soft, velvety surface, as certain plants.
- venial sin — a transgression against the law of God that does not deprive the soul of divine grace either because it is a minor offense or because it was committed without full understanding of its seriousness or without full consent of the will.
- venialness — the quality or state of being venial
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- ventricles — Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
- ventricose — swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- vernissage — Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- versioning — the adaptation of classic literary texts for film, which often involves updating or changing the setting
- versionist — a translator
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- vespertine — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vexingness — the quality or state of being vexing
- vietnamese — a native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
- viewpoints — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- villainess — a villainous woman.
- villainies — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
- vine snake — any of several slender, arboreal colubrid snakes of the genus Oxybelis, ranging from southern Arizona to Bolivia.
- vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
- viniferous — suitable for or used in winemaking: a viniferous variety of grape.
- violescent — tending to a violet color: a violescent twilight sky.
- virescence — state of becoming somewhat, though usually not totally, green, due to the abnormal presence of chlorophyll.
- visiogenic — appropriate for broadcast on television