10-letter words containing v, e, c
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- block vote — A block vote is a large number of votes that are all cast in the same way by one person on behalf of a group of people.
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- book cover — the cover of a book
- box clever — to behave in a careful and cunning way
- brockville — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- buck fever — nervous excitement felt by inexperienced hunters at the approach of game
- bur clover — any of several Eurasian legumes of the genus Medicago, as M. hispida, having yellow flowers and prickly, coiled, black pods, naturalized in North America.
- cabo verde — a republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa, consisting of a group of ten islands and five islets: an overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, when the islands became independent. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic) majority; animist minority. Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Capital: Praia. Pop: 531 046 (2013 est). Area: 4033 sq km (1557 sq miles)
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- caernarvon — a seaport in W Gwynedd, in NW Wales, on Menai Strait: 13th-century castle of Edward II.
- calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- camper van — A camper van is a van which is equipped with beds and cooking equipment so that you can live, cook, and sleep in it.
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- canvassers — Plural form of canvasser.
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- capacitive — of electrical capacitance
- cape verde — a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa
- capitative — Per head; capitatim.
- captivance — captivity
- captivated — Simple past tense and past participle of captivate.
- captivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate.
- caravaneer — the person leading a caravan of camels
- caravaners — Also, caravaneer, C01/C0128700 kar-uh-va-neer, ˌkær ə væˈnɪər. a leader of a caravan. a person who travels or lives in a caravan.
- caravanned — a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- caravanner — someone who uses a caravan
- caregivers — Plural form of caregiver.
- caregiving — the practice of providing care for a vulnerable neighbour or relative
- caritative — charity.
- carnivores — an animal that eats flesh.
- carry over — If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation.
- carry-over — that which is carried over, postponed, or extended to a later time, account, etc.
- carryovers — Plural form of carryover.
- casevacked — Simple past tense and past participle of casevac.
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- catenative — Denoting a verb that governs a nonfinite form of another verb, for example, like in I like swimming.
- causatives — Plural form of causative.
- cavalcades — Plural form of cavalcade.
- cavalierly — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- cave canem — beware the dog
- cavillers' — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cellosolve — an organic compound used as a solvent in the plastics industry; 2-ethoxyethan-1-ol. Formula: C2H5OCH2CH2OH
- cerevisiae — (informal) The species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast.
- cerf, vint — Vint Cerf
- cervicitis — inflammation of the neck of the uterus