10-letter words containing v, a, c
- culvertage — the forfeiture of a person's property, thereby reducing him to the status of a villain
- cumulative — If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater.
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- curvatures — Plural form of curvature.
- curve ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curve-ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- deactivate — If someone deactivates an explosive device or an alarm, they make it harmless or impossible to operate.
- deceivable — capable of being deceived; gullible.
- decennoval — relating to nineteen
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- dedicative — of or relating to dedication; serving as a dedication.
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- devocalize — devoice.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- disadvance — to stop or cause to stop advancing
- displacive — That involves or causes displacement.
- divaricate — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- dolce vita — sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la).
- echeverria — Esteban [es-te-vahn] /ɛsˈtɛ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1805–51, Argentine poet.
- ecovillage — A community whose inhabitants seek to live according to ecological principles, causing as little impact on the environment as possible.
- equivocacy — Equivocalness.
- equivocate — Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evacuative — That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
- evanescing — Present participle of evanesce.
- evaporitic — Of or pertaining to an evaporite.
- everyplace — (US, informal) Everywhere.
- eviscerate — Disembowel (a person or animal).
- evocations — Plural form of evocation.
- excavating — Present participle of excavate.
- excavation — The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.
- excavators — Plural form of excavator.
- excitative — Causing excitation.
- execrative — A word used for cursing; an oath.
- extractive — Of or involving extraction, especially the extensive extraction of natural resources without provision for their renewal.
- face value — the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document.
- face-saver — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- fancy dive — any of the series of specified dives executed in fancy diving, as the jackknife or gainer.
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- flavescent — turning yellow; yellowish.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- give chase — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.