10-letter words containing v, e, c, t, i
- locomotive — a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- medicative — medicinal.
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- muscovites — Plural form of muscovite.
- native cat — any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.
- neglective — (archaic) neglectful.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- novelistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- objectives — Plural form of objective.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- outachieve — (transitive) To surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- overcommit — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
- overcredit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- overdirect — excessively direct
- overexcite — to excite too much.
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- reactivate — to render active again; revive.
- reactively — tending to react.
- reactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- recidivate — to engage in recidivism; relapse.
- recidivist — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recitative — of the nature of or resembling recitation or declamation.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- recreative — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- retractive — tending or serving to retract.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- surjective — onto (def 3).
- susceptive — receptive.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tick fever — any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.