10-letter words containing b, o, v
- orb weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Argiopidae, characterized by loosely woven, spiraling webs that have support lines radiating outward from the center.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- over-break — earth or rock excavated outside of neat lines.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overbanked — Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
- overbarren — Excessively barren.
- overbeaten — beaten too much or too many times
- overbidder — someone who overbids, esp in the game of bridge
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overblouse — a blouse designed to be worn outside the waistband of a skirt or a pair of slacks.
- overboldly — in too bold a manner; incautiously
- overbooked — Simple past tense and past participle of overbook.
- overborrow — to borrow too much money
- overbought — marked by prices considered unjustifiably high because of extensive buying: The stock market is overbought now. Compare oversold.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overbridge — (British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc.
- overbright — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- overbrowse — to browse on (vegetation, land, etc) excessively, in a damaging way; overgraze
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- overbudget — costing or being more than the amount alloted or budgeted: The building is half-finished and it's already overbudget.
- overburden — to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- overdubbed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdub.
- overlabour — excessive toil
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- reprovable — deserving of reproof.
- resolvable — that can be resolved.
- riboflavin — a vitamin B complex factor appearing as an orange-yellow, crystalline compound, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 4 O 6 , derived from ribose, essential for growth, found in milk, fresh meat, eggs, leafy vegetables, etc., or made synthetically, and used in enriching flour, in vitamin preparations, and in treating facial lesions.
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- steve jobs — Stephen Jobs
- stove bolt — a small bolt, similar to a machine screw but with a coarser thread.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- subvocally — in a subvocal manner, with subvocalization
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- unavowable — to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
- unobserved — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- unsolvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- verb group — A verb group or verbal group consists of a verb, or of a main verb following a modal or one or more auxiliaries. Examples are 'walked', 'can see', and 'had been waiting'.
- vergeboard — bargeboard.
- vero beach — a town in central Florida.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.