10-letter words containing c, o, e, v, a
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- outachieve — (transitive) To surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
- over-react — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- overaffect — To have too great an effect on.
- overarched — Simple past tense and past participle of overarch.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overcharge — to charge (a purchaser) too high a price: When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overglance — to glance over
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overplaced — placed above
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- peace dove — dove1 (def 5).
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- stove coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 5/8 to 2 7/16 (about 4 to 6 cm), intermediate between egg coal and chestnut coal.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- vacationer — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vacuolated — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vat office — the part of HM Revenue & Customs that deals with VAT
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- vero beach — a town in central Florida.
- vesication — to raise vesicles or blisters on; blister.
- victoriate — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued in the late 3rd century b.c., having a figure of Victory on the reverse.
- video call — a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk
- viola clef — alto clef.
- violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- voice mail — an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- vorticella — any ciliated protozoan of the genus Vorticella, having a transparent, bell-shaped body with a retractile stalk.