10-letter words containing v, e, n
- 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
- avgolemono — a Greek soup made with eggs, lemon juice, and rice
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- avoidances — Plural form of avoidance.
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- barneveldt — ˈJan van Olden (ˌjɑnˈvɑn ɔldən ) ; yänˌvän ôlˈdən) 1547-1619; Du. statesman & patriot
- 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.
- bedeviling — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
- benedict v — died a.d. 966, pope 964.
- benevolent — If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
- bidonville — a shanty town
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- blainville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- bonneville — Lake, a prehistoric lake in Utah, E Nevada, and S Idaho: Great Salt Lake is its remnant. 350 miles (564 km) long.
- 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.
- bring over — to cause (a person) to change allegiances
- brookhaven — a town in SW Mississippi.
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
- caernarvon — a seaport in W Gwynedd, in NW Wales, on Menai Strait: 13th-century castle of Edward II.
- camper van — A camper van is a van which is equipped with beds and cooking equipment so that you can live, cook, and sleep in it.
- 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
- canvassers — Plural form of canvasser.
- captivance — captivity
- caravaneer — the person leading a caravan of camels
- caravaners — Also, caravaneer, C01/C0128700 kar-uh-va-neer, ˌkær ə væˈnɪər. a leader of a caravan. a person who travels or lives in a caravan.
- caravanned — a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- caravanner — someone who uses a caravan
- caregiving — the practice of providing care for a vulnerable neighbour or relative
- carnivores — an animal that eats flesh.
- catenative — Denoting a verb that governs a nonfinite form of another verb, for example, like in I like swimming.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- cave canem — beware the dog
- cerf, vint — Vint Cerf
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- chavelling — Present participle of chavel.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)