10-letter words containing va
- eyeservant — A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
- face value — the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document.
- flap valve — clack valve.
- food value — The food value of a particular food is a measure of how good it is for you, based on its level of vitamins, minerals, or calories.
- foot valve — a nonreturn valve at the inlet end of a pipe
- forgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- forgivably — In a forgivable way.
- galavanted — Simple past tense and past participle of galavant.
- gallivants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallivant.
- galvanised — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvaniser — Alternative spelling of galvanizer.
- galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvanizer — One who, or that which, galvanizes.
- galvanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galvanize.
- gate valve — a valve in a pipe or channel having a sliding plate that controls the flow
- gilravager — someone who makes merry, esp to excess
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- grievances — Plural form of grievance.
- guarapuava — a city in S Brazil.
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- henry vane — Sir Henry (Sir Harry Vane) 1613–62, British statesman and author.
- hexavalent — having a valence of six.
- hypernovae — Plural form of hypernova.
- immovables — Plural form of immovable.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- in advance — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- in private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- inactivate — to make inactive: The bomb was inactivated.
- incurvated — Simple past tense and past participle of incurvate.
- inevasible — Incapable of being evaded.
- innervated — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innervates — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innovating — Make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
- innovation — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- innovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- innovators — Plural form of innovator.
- innovatory — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- insalivate — to mix with saliva, as food.
- insolvable — incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble.
- intervales — Plural form of intervale.
- invaginate — to insert or receive, as into a sheath; sheathe.
- invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
- invaliding — Present participle of invalid.
- invalidism — prolonged ill health.
- invalidity — invalidism.
- invaluable — beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth; priceless: an invaluable art collection; her invaluable assistance.
- invaluably — beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth; priceless: an invaluable art collection; her invaluable assistance.
- invariable — not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant.
- invariably — not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant.
- invariance — The property of being invariant.