10-letter words containing v, a
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- tagliavini — Ferruccio [fer-root-chaw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1913–1995, Italian tenor.
- tail-heavy — noting or pertaining to a craft or vehicle that is too heavy in the rear, from overloading or poor design.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- take leave — to say farewell (to)
- tananarive — former name of Antananarivo.
- tannu-tuva — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Asia: formerly an independent republic in Mongolia. 65,810 sq. mi. (170,500 sq. km). Capital: Kyzyl.
- tape drive — a program-controlled device that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic tape which moves past a read-write head.
- tapis vert — an unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design.
- tax evader — a person who reduces or minimizes their tax liability by illegal methods
- telenovela — (in Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.
- televisual — Televisual means broadcast on or related to television.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- the canvas — the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
- the heaves — an attack of vomiting or retching
- the levant — a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- theravadin — Hinayanist.
- theta wave — any of the brain waves constituting theta rhythm.
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.
- time value — the duration of a given printed note relative to other notes in a composition or section and considered in relation to the basic tempo
- timesaving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- tolerative — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tonalitive — of or relating to tonality
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- transitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transvalue — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- transverse — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- travailing — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- travel rep — A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep.
- travelator — a moving pavement for transporting pedestrians, as in a shopping precinct or an airport
- travelling — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- traversing — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- travertine — a form of limestone deposited by springs, especially hot springs, used in Italy for building.
- triumviral — of a triumvir or triumvirate
- trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
- trivialise — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- trivialism — trivial character.
- trivialist — someone who deals with or is interested in trivialities
- triviality — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- trivialize — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- tsesarevna — (in Russian history) the wife of the tsesarevitch
- tskhinvali — an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1428 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km). Capital: Tskhinvali.
- tsvangirai — Morgan. born 1952, Zimbabwean trade unionist and politician; leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, the main opposition party to President Mugabe's Zanu-PF since 1999; prime minister (2009–2013)
- tsvetayeva — Maˈrina (Ivanovna) (məˈrinə ) ; mərēˈnə) 1892-1941; Russ. poet, essayist, & critic