10-letter words containing v, a
- misbehaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbehave.
- misvaluing — Present participle of misvalue.
- mitigative — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- monovalent — Chemistry. univalent.
- mooncalves — Plural form of mooncalf.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.
- motivating — Effectively providing an incentive.
- motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- motivative — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- motivators — Plural form of motivator.
- movability — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- move about — fidget, be restless
- move along — advance, go forward
- movie star — famous film actor
- moviemaker — filmmaker.
- moving van — a large truck or trailer used for transporting furnishings from one residence or office to another.
- multivalve — (of a shell) composed of more than two valves or pieces.
- multivocal — having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity: a multivocal word.
- mutilative — Causing or relating to mutilation.
- nabokovian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.
- 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.
- nanda devi — a mountain in N India, in Uttarakhand: a peak of the Himalayas. 25,661 feet (7820 meters).
- naperville — a city in NE Illinois.
- narratives — Plural form of narrative.
- native cat — any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.
- native dog — a dingo
- 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
- naval base — military stronghold
- naval mine — mine2 (def 5).
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- navigating — navigation
- navigation — the act or process of navigating.
- navigators — Plural form of navigator.
- navy cross — a U.S. Navy decoration awarded for outstanding heroism in operations against an enemy.
- negatively — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativist — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativity — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- nelfinavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class that is used in to treat HIV infected patients.
- never fear — do not worry
- nevirapine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV and AIDS.
- news value — newsworthiness; value in terms of its interest to consumers of published or broadcast news
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nominative — Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good,” with nauta “sailor” in the nominative case. similar to such a case in function or meaning.