10-letter words containing i, n, o, v
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- 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.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- livingroom — Alternative form of 'living room'.
- livingston — Robert R. 1746–1813, U.S. political figure and jurist.
- long-lived — having a long life, existence, or duration: a long-lived man; long-lived fame.
- 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.
- loveliness — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- lovingness — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- minivolley — a version of volleyball played with fewer players per team than the standard number of six
- misgoverns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgovern.
- monovision — the condition of seeing with one eye.
- monteverdi — Claudio [klou-dyaw] /ˈklaʊ dyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1567–1643, Italian composer.
- montevideo — a republic in SE South America. 72,172 sq. mi. (186,925 sq. km). Capital: Montevideo.
- 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.
- move in on — move closer to attack or capture
- moviegoing — the practice or act of going to see motion pictures.
- moving van — a large truck or trailer used for transporting furnishings from one residence or office to another.
- nabokovian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.
- native dog — a dingo
- native son — a novel (1940) by Richard Wright.
- navigation — the act or process of navigating.
- navigators — Plural form of navigator.
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- 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-living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- non-loving — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- 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.
- non-viable — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- non-victim — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
- non-visual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- nonarrival — Failure to arrive.
- nondeviant — Not deviant.
- nondiverse — Not diverse.
- nonevasive — Not evasive.
- nonnatives — Plural form of nonnative.
- nonobvious — Not obvious.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- 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.
- nonvarying — Not varying.
- nonvintage — the wine from a particular harvest or crop.