10-letter words containing a, d, v, e
- untraveled — not having traveled, especially to distant places; not having gained experience by travel.
- unviolated — not violated or desecrated
- unvitiated — not vitiated; unsullied; uncorrupted; pure
- vacuolated — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- vacuumized — to create a vacuum in.
- vade mecum — something a person carries about for frequent or regular use.
- val-d'oise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- valdemar i — ("the Great") 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82.
- valledupar — a city in N Colombia.
- value date — the date on which an entry made on an account becomes effective, used especially in connection with foreign accounts.
- value fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks that are undervalued and whose share price is likely to rise.
- van dongen — Kees [keys] /keɪs/ (Show IPA), (Cornelius Theodorus Marie) 1877–1968, French painter, born in the Netherlands.
- van driver — a person whose occupation is driving a van
- van druten — John William, 1901–57, U.S. playwright, born in England.
- van leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- vanadinite — a mineral, Pb 5 (VO 4) 3 Cl, occurring in yellow, brown, or greenish crystals: an ore of lead and vanadium.
- vandenberg — Arthur Hendrick, 1884–1951, U.S. statesman.
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- vanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- variegated — varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
- vaudeville — theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians. Compare variety (def 9).
- ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
- vergeboard — bargeboard.
- vermicidal — a substance or agent used to kill worms, especially a drug used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
- vice squad — a police squad charged with enforcing laws dealing with gambling, prostitution, and other forms of vice.
- victualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- vida breve — an opera (1905) by Manuel de Falla.
- vidarabine — an antiviral substance, C 10 H 15 N 5 O 4 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.
- vide infra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see below
- vide supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see above
- video call — a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk
- video game — any of various interactive games played using a specialized electronic gaming device or a computer or mobile device and a television or other display screen, along with a means to control graphic images.
- video mail — a system for sending a prerecorded video as an email attachment or as an email with a link to the video.
- video tape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- video wall — A video wall is a set of video screens that are connected together, so that each screen shows a part of the whole picture or so that the same picture is repeated on each screen.
- vindemiate — to gather the grape harvest
- vindicable — capable of being vindicated: a vindicable expedient.
- vitrailled — characterized by the presence of stained-glass windows
- vivandiere — a woman who formerly followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- waldgraves — Plural form of waldgrave.
- waterdrive — (of an oil or gas reservoir) using water to force out the oil or gas
- wave aside — If you wave aside something such as a suggestion, explanation, or idea, you decide that it is not important enough to consider seriously.
- waveguides — Plural form of waveguide.
- weave bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- weaverbird — any of numerous African and Asian finchlike birds of the family Ploceidae, noted for their elaborately woven nests and colonial habits.
- woodcarver — a person whose occupation is woodcarving.
- yad vashem — the official authority in Israel for the commemoration of the Holocaust and its victims.
- yajur-veda — a Samhita, containing a collection of sacrificial formulas.