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10-letter words containing v, i, s, u

  • occlusives — Plural form of occlusive.
  • olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
  • omnivorous — eating both animal and plant foods.
  • ossivorous — bone-eating
  • overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
  • panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
  • parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
  • percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
  • persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
  • pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
  • poliovirus — any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.
  • preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
  • precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
  • previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
  • propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
  • protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
  • purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
  • quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
  • quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
  • quo vadis? — where are you going?
  • ranivorous — that eats frogs
  • recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
  • resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
  • resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
  • retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
  • rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
  • saxicavous — (of molluscs) tending to bore holes or hollow out rocks
  • scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
  • scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
  • semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
  • sergius iv — died 1012, pope 1009–12.
  • sieve tube — a vertical series of sieve cells in the phloem, specialized for the conduction of food materials.
  • simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
  • slow virus — a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before producing symptoms, as in several neurological diseases, including kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
  • spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
  • subclavian — situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
  • subclavius — a small shoulder muscle, the action of which assists in depressing the shoulder.
  • subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • subvariety — a minor or subordinate variety
  • subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
  • subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
  • subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
  • subvisible — invisible unless viewed through a microscope.
  • successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
  • suggestive — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
  • superdrive — (storage)   Apple Computer, Inc.'s name for a combined DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-RW drive that appeared in the iMac in 2002.
  • supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
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