10-letter words containing v, e, c
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- seven-inch — a phonograph record seven inches in diameter, usually having one popular song on each side.
- sevenpence — a monetary sum equal to seven pennies
- shevchenko — Taras Grigoryevich [Russian tah-ruh s gryi-gawr-yi-vyich] /Russian ˈtɑ rəs gryɪˈgɔr yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–61, Ukrainian national poet.
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sieve cell — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- snow cover — a layer of snow on the ground.
- sotto voce — in a low, soft voice so as not to be overheard.
- stavesacre — a larkspur, Delphinium staphisagria, of Europe and Asia Minor, having violently emetic and cathartic poisonous seeds.
- stock dove — a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.
- stove coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 5/8 to 2 7/16 (about 4 to 6 cm), intermediate between egg coal and chestnut coal.
- subclavate — somewhat club-shaped.
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- supercover — an insurance policy with additional benefits
- surjective — onto (def 3).
- surveyance — survey; inspection; superintendence
- survivance — survival
- susceptive — receptive.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- the canvas — the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring
- 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.
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- 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.
- trevithick — Richard, 1771–1833, English engineer.
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- twice over — two times
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- ulcerative — causing ulceration.
- unachieved — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- uncoercive — not coercive; not tending to coerce
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- unconvoyed — unaccompanied
- uncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
- undecisive — indecisive
- undercover — working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.
- undervoice — an undertone or low voice
- undivorced — not divorced; still married
- uninvoiced — an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- univalence — the quality of being univalent.
- unovercome — not overcome
- unreactive — tending to react.
- unreceived — (of the Eucharist) not taken or received