10-letter words containing v, b
- sieve tube — a vertical series of sieve cells in the phloem, specialized for the conduction of food materials.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverberg — Robert, born 1935, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- silverbill — a species of finch of the genus Munia
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- steve jobs — Stephen Jobs
- stove bolt — a small bolt, similar to a machine screw but with a coarser thread.
- sub-vassal — (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subclavate — somewhat club-shaped.
- subclavian — situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
- subclavius — a small shoulder muscle, the action of which assists in depressing the shoulder.
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subvariety — a minor or subordinate variety
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- subvisible — invisible unless viewed through a microscope.
- subvocally — in a subvocal manner, with subvocalization
- survivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- svetambara — one of the two principal Jain sects, whose members wear white and believe that women can attain salvation.
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- unavowable — to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
- unbeavered — not wearing a beaver hat or wrapped in beaver fur
- unbehaving — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- unbeliever — a person who does not believe.
- undrivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- unenviable — worthy of envy; very desirable: an enviable position.
- unenviably — in an unenviable manner
- ungava bay — an inlet of the Hudson Strait in NE Quebec province, in E Canada, between Ungava Peninsula and N Labrador.
- unliveable — livable.
- unobserved — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- unsaveable — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- unsolvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- unvaluable — having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
- unvariable — invariable; unchangeable or unchanging
- unvariably — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- unvendible — not vendible or saleable; that cannot be vended or sold
- unviewable — capable of being viewed; visible.
- urban viii — (Maffeo Barberini) 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.
- val-belair — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- vandenberg — Arthur Hendrick, 1884–1951, U.S. statesman.
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- vanity bag — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- vat number — registration code for tax purposes
- vegeburger — burger containing no meat