10-letter words containing a, l, e, v
- avenuelike — Resembling or characteristic of an avenue.
- avgolemono — a Greek soup made with eggs, lemon juice, and rice
- aviculture — the keeping and rearing of birds
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- back vowel — a vowel whose sound is produced in the back of the mouth or the throat
- 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
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- believable — Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
- 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
- blainville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- 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 value — In business, the book value of an asset is the value it is given in the account books of the company that owns it.
- braaivleis — a picnic at which meat is cooked over an open fire; a barbecue
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- 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
- 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.
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- 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
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- cavalcades — Plural form of cavalcade.
- cavalierly — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- cavillers' — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chevesaile — a decorative collar on an article of clothing
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- civil year — calendar year
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- convalesce — If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
- convenable — proper or correct in behaviour or conduct
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
- corelative — correlative