10-letter words containing v, l, s, i
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
- rea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- redissolve — to dissolve again
- reidsville — a city in N North Carolina.
- relativise — to regard as or make relative.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- relativist — an adherent or advocate of relativism or of the principle of relativity.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- reversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- reversibly — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revivalism — the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- salivating — to produce saliva.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- salvifical — saving
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- sayreville — a city in central New Jersey.
- self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
- self-given — past participle of give.
- semblative — resembling
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shrivelled — shrunken and withered
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sieve cell — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
- silver fir — a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz.
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silver-eye — white-eye.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverberg — Robert, born 1935, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- silverbill — a species of finch of the genus Munia
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silverlike — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- silverling — a shekel or small silver coin
- silverside — Chiefly British. a rump roast of beef, especially one taken from the crown of the rump.
- silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean