10-letter words containing v, a, n, t
- bank vault — a strongroom in a bank for the storage of valuable items
- barneveldt — ˈJan van Olden (ˌjɑnˈvɑn ɔldən ) ; yänˌvän ôlˈdən) 1547-1619; Du. statesman & patriot
- bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
- bon vivant — a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- captivance — captivity
- caravanist — a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- catenative — Denoting a verb that governs a nonfinite form of another verb, for example, like in I like swimming.
- cavalcanti — Guido (ˈɡwiːdo). ?1255–1300, Italian poet, noted for his love poems
- cavilation — Alternative spelling of cavillation.
- cavitating — Present participle of cavitate.
- cavitation — the formation of vapour- or gas-filled cavities in a flowing liquid when tensile stress is superimposed on the ambient pressure
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- conclavist — either of two persons who attend upon a cardinal at a conclave, one usually being an ecclesiastical secretary and the other a personal servant.
- conservant — having the quality of conserving or preserving
- conservate — (dated, transitive) To conserve.
- constative — (of a statement) able to be true or false
- contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- conversant — If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
- conversate — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- convocated — Simple past tense and past participle of convocate.
- convocator — a person who convokes a meeting.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covenantal — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- covenanted — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- covenantee — the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- delineavit — (he or she) drew it: used formerly on prints alongside the name of the artist of the original drawing
- denervated — Simple past tense and past participle of denervate.
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- driver ant — army ant.