10-letter words containing v, i, r
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- pulverized — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverizer — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- quadrivial — having four ways or roads meeting in a point.
- quadrivium — (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
- quadrumvir — a member of a quadrumvirate.
- quiver leg — a round, tapered chair leg used in the Louis Quinze style and similar styles.
- quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
- quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
- radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- re-advised — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- re-invoked — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- rea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- reactivate — to render active again; revive.
- reactively — tending to react.
- reactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- real video — (video, compression) A lossy video compression format from Real Media.
- reality tv — reality television: unscripted programs
- receivable — fit for acceptance; acceptable.
- recidivate — to engage in recidivism; relapse.
- recidivism — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recidivist — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recitative — of the nature of or resembling recitation or declamation.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- reconceive — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconvince — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- recovering — returning to health after illness or debility, such as alcohol or drug addiction
- recreative — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- redelivery — the act of redelivering
- redemptive — serving to redeem.
- rediscover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- redissolve — to dissolve again
- redividing — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- redivision — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- redressive — having a tendency to redress
- reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.