10-letter words containing n, o, a, v
- opiniative — Archaic form of opinionative.
- orangevale — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- ordinative — Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- 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
- oven-ready — (of various foods) bought already prepared so that they are ready to be cooked in the oven
- over again — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overbanked — Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
- overbarren — Excessively barren.
- overbeaten — beaten too much or too many times
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overeating — Gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health).
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overglance — to glance over
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- overlearnt — relating to repetitive practice or learning
- overleaven — to leaven too much; to spoil
- overmanage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- overmanned — overstaffed
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- pizza oven — an oven, traditionally round in shape and wood-fired, for cooking pizza
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- 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.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reinvasion — the act or an instance of entering (a country, territory, etc) by military force again; a second or subsequent invasion
- renovation — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- renovative — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- 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.
- royal navy — the navy of the United Kingdom