10-letter words containing v, a
- false move — a movement that may be interpreted as threatening.
- fancy dive — any of the series of specified dives executed in fancy diving, as the jackknife or gainer.
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- favoritest — (nonstandard) favorite.
- favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- favourable — Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
- favourably — (British, Canada) In a favourable manner.
- favourites — Plural form of favourite.
- favourless — without favour, unfortunate
- federative — pertaining to or of the nature of a federation.
- fever heat — the heat of fever; body heat exceeding 98.6°F (37°C).
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- five-a-day — the five portions of fruit and vegetables that people are recommended to eat every day as part of a healthy diet
- flag-waver — a person who signals by waving a flag.
- flagstaves — Plural form of flagstaff.
- flap valve — clack valve.
- flashovers — Plural form of flashover.
- flat-woven — (of a carpet) woven without pile
- flavescent — turning yellow; yellowish.
- flavivirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, that cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- flavorings — Plural form of flavoring.
- flavorless — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorsome — of a full, rich, pleasant flavor; tasty.
- flavourful — British standard spelling of flavorful.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
- flavourous — Alternative spelling of flavorous.
- fluvialist — a person who explains geological or geographical phenomena by the action of streams
- fluviatile — pertaining or peculiar to rivers; found in or near rivers.
- folk weave — a type of fabric with a loose weave
- food value — The food value of a particular food is a measure of how good it is for you, based on its level of vitamins, minerals, or calories.
- foot valve — a nonreturn valve at the inlet end of a pipe
- forgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- forgivably — In a forgivable way.
- formatives — Plural form of formative.
- fortran iv — IBM 1962. For the IBM 7090/94. Many implementations went well beyond the original definition.
- fortran vi — IBM's internal name for early PL/I work ca. 1963.
- foveolated — Foveolate.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- gaingiving — a misgiving.
- gainstrive — to resist; to oppose
- galavanted — Simple past tense and past participle of galavant.
- gallivants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallivant.
- galvanised — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvaniser — Alternative spelling of galvanizer.
- galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvanizer — One who, or that which, galvanizes.
- galvanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galvanize.