10-letter words containing v, a
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- chavtastic — suitable for or designed for chavs
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chevesaile — a decorative collar on an article of clothing
- chevisance — an illegal arrangement or pact
- 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
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- civic hall — a public venue, often used for recreational facilities such as sports clubs or music concerts
- civil year — calendar year
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- coacervate — either of two liquid phases that may separate from a hydrophilic sol, each containing a different concentration of a dispersed solid
- coactivate — To cause, or to undergo coactivation.
- coactivity — acting together.
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- cofavorite — a joint favourite
- cogitative — capable of thinking
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- comitative — (of a case) expressing accompaniment
- conclavism — a minority movement (and the beliefs of certain Traditionalist Catholics) that rejects the authority of the established pope and instead supports an alternative pope
- 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.
- connivance — Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong.
- connivancy — connivance
- 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.
- convalesce — If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
- convenable — proper or correct in behaviour or conduct
- convenance — suitable behaviour; propriety
- 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.
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- conveyance — A conveyance is a vehicle.
- convocated — Simple past tense and past participle of convocate.
- convocator — a person who convokes a meeting.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- cooptative — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- coq au vin — chicken stewed with red wine, onions, etc
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.