10-letter words containing a, n, t, i, v
- irrelevant — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- lentiviral — Of or pertaining to a lentivirus.
- leviathans — Plural form of leviathan.
- levigating — Present participle of levigate.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitating — Present participle of levitate.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.
- motivating — Effectively providing an incentive.
- motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- narratives — Plural form of narrative.
- native cat — any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.
- native dog — a dingo
- native son — a novel (1940) by Richard Wright.
- nativeness — The state or condition of being native.
- nativistic — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- nativities — Plural form of nativity.
- nauseative — causing nausea
- navigating — navigation
- navigation — the act or process of navigating.
- navigators — Plural form of navigator.
- negatively — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativist — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativity — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- nominative — Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good,” with nauta “sailor” in the nominative case. similar to such a case in function or meaning.
- non-native — of or relating to a language that is not the first language acquired by a person: It is harder to communicate in your nonnative language.
- nondeviant — Not deviant.
- nonnatives — Plural form of nonnative.
- nonstative — (of a verb) expressing an action or process, as run or grow, and able to be used in either simple or progressive tenses: I run every day. I am running home now.
- nontrivial — not trivial.
- nonvariant — Not variant.
- nonvintage — the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- novitiates — Plural form of novitiate.
- numerative — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- opiniative — Archaic form of opinionative.
- ordinative — Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outvillain — to outdo in villainy
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overeating — Gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health).
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.