10-letter words containing v, e, a
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- grass over — If an area of ground is grassed over, grass is planted all over it.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- gravelling — Present participle of gravel.
- gravenhage — a Dutch name of The Hague.
- graveolent — That has a rank smell.
- gravesides — Plural form of graveside.
- gravesites — Plural form of gravesite.
- gravestone — a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- gravettian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an advanced Upper Paleolithic industry of Europe dating to c25,000 b.c. and characterized by straight, blunt-backed blades.
- graveyards — Plural form of graveyard.
- gravimeter — an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a solid or liquid.
- gravimetry — the measurement of weight or density.
- gravitated — Simple past tense and past participle of gravitate.
- gravitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gravitate.
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- hair weave — the process of hairweaving.
- half-alive — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- hand level — a leveling instrument held in the hand and used for approximate work at short distances.
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine
- hang heavy — to pass tediously; drag
- hanoverian — of or relating to the former ruling house of Hanover.
- hard drive — hard disk drive
- hardcovers — Plural form of hardcover.
- hargreaves — James, died 1778, English inventor of spinning machinery.
- harvesters — Plural form of harvester.
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- harvestman — daddy-longlegs (def 1).
- harvestmen — Plural form of harvestman.
- have a cow — become angry or upset
- have a few — to consume several (or too many) alcoholic drinks
- have a fit — become angry, upset
- have to be — to be unquestionably or without doubt
- have to do — You use have to when you are saying that something is necessary or required, or must happen. If you do not have to do something, it is not necessary or required.
- haversacks — Plural form of haversack.
- head voice — the high register of the human voice, in which the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
- heat devil — a wavering, shimmering disturbance of air above or around a hot surface.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heavenward — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- heavy rain — torrential rainfall
- heavy spar — barite.
- heavy type — type that is thicker and blacker than normal type
- heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- henry vane — Sir Henry (Sir Harry Vane) 1613–62, British statesman and author.
- hesitative — characterized by hesitation; hesitating.
- hexavalent — having a valence of six.
- hog heaven — heaven (def 6).
- home leave — holiday time for a person who works abroad, during which they can go home
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.