10-letter words containing v, a, i, s
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lavishness — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- navigators — Plural form of navigator.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativist — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- non-visual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- nonevasive — Not evasive.
- nonnatives — Plural form of nonnative.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonstative — (of a verb) expressing an action or process, as run or grow, and able to be used in either simple or progressive tenses: I run every day. I am running home now.
- novitiates — Plural form of novitiate.
- old slavic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.