10-letter words containing v, e, c
- divergence — the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.
- divergency — divergence; deviation.
- divulgence — a divulging.
- dolce vita — sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la).
- dove color — warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- duck-shove — to evade responsibility (for)
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- echeverria — Esteban [es-te-vahn] /ɛsˈtɛ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1805–51, Argentine poet.
- echo verse — a poem in which the words or syllables at the end of a line are repeated as a response in the next line, often for ironic purpose.
- ecovillage — A community whose inhabitants seek to live according to ecological principles, causing as little impact on the environment as possible.
- effectives — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- electively — In an elective manner; by choice.
- endocervix — (anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.
- endopelvic — (anatomy) Within the pelvis.
- environics — the study of human and natural forces that determine an environment
- equivocacy — Equivocalness.
- equivocate — Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
- escoveitch — (West Indies) escabeche.
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evacuative — That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
- evanescing — Present participle of evanesce.
- evaporitic — Of or pertaining to an evaporite.
- every inch — If you talk about every inch of an area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.
- everyplace — (US, informal) Everywhere.
- evidencing — Present participle of evidence.
- evincement — the act of evincing; proof
- eviscerate — Disembowel (a person or animal).
- evocations — Plural form of evocation.
- ex-convict — a former prisoner
- ex-service — having formerly served in the armed forces
- excavating — Present participle of excavate.
- excavation — The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.
- excavators — Plural form of excavator.
- excitative — Causing excitation.
- exclusives — Plural form of exclusive.
- execrative — A word used for cursing; an oath.
- executives — Plural form of executive.
- extinctive — Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
- extractive — Of or involving extraction, especially the extensive extraction of natural resources without provision for their renewal.
- face value — the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document.
- face-saver — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- fancy dive — any of the series of specified dives executed in fancy diving, as the jackknife or gainer.
- fervescent — becoming hot
- flavescent — turning yellow; yellowish.