10-letter words containing v, i, e, n
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kingsville — a city in S Texas.
- kudzu vine — a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion.
- lamivudine — (medicine) A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine that is used for the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lavishness — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lemon vine — Barbados gooseberry (def 1).
- lenitively — In a lenitive manner.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- lentivirus — any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- level line — contour line.
- leveraging — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- lifegiving — imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- line drive — a batted ball that travels low, fast, and straight.
- liveliness — full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk: a lively discussion.
- livingness — The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigour; animation.
- long-lived — having a long life, existence, or duration: a long-lived man; long-lived fame.
- loveliness — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- lovingness — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- mandeville — Bernard de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.
- margravine — the wife of a margrave.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marvelling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- melvindale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- minivolley — a version of volleyball played with fewer players per team than the standard number of six
- misgoverns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgovern.
- misventure — an unfortunate undertaking; misadventure.
- monteverdi — Claudio [klou-dyaw] /ˈklaʊ dyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1567–1643, Italian composer.
- montevideo — a republic in SE South America. 72,172 sq. mi. (186,925 sq. km). Capital: Montevideo.
- move in on — move closer to attack or capture
- moviegoing — the practice or act of going to see motion pictures.
- multievent — Consisting of, or relating to, more than one event.
- naive user — A luser. Tends to imply someone who is ignorant mainly owing to inexperience. When this is applied to someone who *has* experience, there is a definite implication of stupidity.
- nanda devi — a mountain in N India, in Uttarakhand: a peak of the Himalayas. 25,661 feet (7820 meters).
- naperville — a city in NE Illinois.
- narratives — Plural form of narrative.
- native cat — any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.
- native dog — a dingo
- native son — a novel (1940) by Richard Wright.
- nativeness — The state or condition of being native.
- nativities — Plural form of nativity.