10-letter words containing ve
- avenuelike — Resembling or characteristic of an avenue.
- averagings — average values
- aversation — (obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
- averseness — The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
- avertiment — an advertisement
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back river — a river in N Canada, flowing northeast through Nunavut to the Arctic Ocean. Length: about 966 km (600 miles)
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- ball valve — a one-way valve consisting of a metal ball with a cylindrical hole fitting into a concave seat over an opening
- barneveldt — ˈJan van Olden (ˌjɑnˈvɑn ɔldən ) ; yänˌvän ôlˈdən) 1547-1619; Du. statesman & patriot
- base level — the lowest level to which a land surface can be eroded by streams, which is, ultimately, sea level
- be in love — If you are in love with someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
- bear river — a river in NE Utah, SW Wyoming, and SE Idaho, flowing into the Great Salt Lake. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- beaver dam — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- beaverette — rabbit fur dyed to resemble beaver.
- beef olive — a thin slice of beef rolled round sausage meat
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- belt drive — a transmission system using a flexible belt to transfer power
- beta waves — a pattern of high-frequency brain waves (beta waves) observed in normal persons upon sensory stimulation, especially with light, or when they are engaging in purposeful mental activity.
- bevel gear — a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- bioreserve — an area preserving wildlife, landforms, and waterways while providing appropriate public use and enjoyment of a natural environment.
- blast wave — a violent propagating disturbance, produced by an explosion in air, that consists of an abrupt rise in pressure followed by a drop in pressure to or below atmospheric pressure.
- blue agave — a Mexican plant, Agave tequilana variant weber, with blue leaves, used in tequila.
- blue wavey — See under wavey.
- book cover — the cover of a book
- book lover — a person who enjoys reading and reads more than the average person
- bovver boy — a rowdy youth
- box clever — to behave in a careful and cunning way
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- break even — to attain a level of activity, as in commerce, or a point of operation, as in gambling, at which there is neither profit nor loss
- break-even — having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss.
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- bring over — to cause (a person) to change allegiances
- bromsgrove — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire. Pop: 29 237 (2001)
- brookhaven — a town in SW Mississippi.
- buck fever — nervous excitement felt by inexperienced hunters at the approach of game
- bur clover — any of several Eurasian legumes of the genus Medicago, as M. hispida, having yellow flowers and prickly, coiled, black pods, naturalized in North America.
- cabo verde — a republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa, consisting of a group of ten islands and five islets: an overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, when the islands became independent. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic) majority; animist minority. Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Capital: Praia. Pop: 531 046 (2013 est). Area: 4033 sq km (1557 sq miles)
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension