10-letter words containing v
- alleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- alleviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate.
- alleviator — a person or thing that alleviates.
- allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- allusively — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- almetyevsk — a city in the Tatar Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- almsgiving — the making of charitable donations, giving alms
- alpha wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal and occipital regions of the brain, having frequencies from 8 to 13 hertz: a sign of relaxation, since they indicate a lack of sensory stimulation in a conscious person
- alphavirus — Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
- alta vista — (web) A website provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. AltaVista is currently (June 1996) the largest Web index, with 30 million pages from 225,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 Usenet news groups. It is accessed over 12 million times per weekday.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alveolarly — in an alveolar manner
- alveolitis — an inflammation of the alveoli, occurring either in the lungs or in the socket of a tooth
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- ambilevous — (rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ampliative — serving to extend or add to what is already known
- amritattva — a state of immortality or deathlessness
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- annotative — to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.
- anovulants — Plural form of anovulant.
- anteverted — to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- anti-virus — Anti-virus software is software that protects a computer against viruses.
- anticavity — designed to prevent the occurrence of cavities in teeth: an anticavity toothpaste.
- anticivism — opposition to citizenship
- antinovels — Plural form of antinovel.
- antivaxxer — a person who distrusts or is against vaccination, especially a parent who refuses to have a young child vaccinated.
- antivenene — Alternative spelling of anti-venene.
- antivenins — Plural form of antivenin.
- antivenoms — Plural form of antivenom.
- aparavidya — intellectual knowledge.
- apperceive — to be aware of perceiving
- appetitive — pertaining to appetite.
- applausive — characterized by applause
- appointive — relating to or filled by appointment
- appositive — standing in apposition
- appraisive — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- approvable — able to be approved
- approvably — in an approvable manner
- approvance — approval
- approvedly — So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
- aqua vitae — alcohol
- arborvitae — any of a number of N. American or Far Eastern evergreen conifers, belonging chiefly to the genus Thuja
- architrave — the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
- archivists — Plural form of archivist.
- archivolts — Plural form of archivolt.
- archrivals — Plural form of archrival.
- arenavirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Arenaviridae, usually transmitted to humans by contact with excreta of infected rodents.