10-letter words containing s, t, e, v
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- persistive — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- pretensive — pretentious
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- recidivist — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- relativise — to regard as or make relative.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- relativist — an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revestiary — the part of a church or temple where the clergy's gowns and other articles are kept; vestry
- revisitant — revisiting or returning to a place
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rootserver — any of a small number of important large servers on the internet that match addresses at the top-domain level
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- scoot over — come quickly
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- semblative — resembling
- separative — tending to separate.
- serve time — be in prison
- servitress — a female servitor
- servomotor — a motor or the like forming part of a servomechanism.
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- seven-spot — a playing card the face of which bears seven pips.
- seventieth — next after the sixty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 70.
- severities — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
- sexavalent — hexavalent.
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.