10-letter words containing a, u, v, o
- isopluvial — a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall
- jovysaunce — joy
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- loan value — the highest amount of money that can be borrowed against a life-insurance policy, based on the cash value of the policy.
- longaevous — long-lived
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- move about — fidget, be restless
- multivocal — having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity: a multivocal word.
- non-visual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- outachieve — (transitive) To surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- outvillain — to outdo in villainy
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- overfavour — to favour too much
- overlabour — excessive toil
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- overtaught — taught to excess
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- quail dove — any of several tropical American pigeons of the genera Starnoenas or Geotrygon.
- quo vadis? — where are you going?
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- saxicavous — (of molluscs) tending to bore holes or hollow out rocks
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- suaveolent — fragrant or sweet-smelling