10-letter words containing n, o, e, v
- cover note — a certificate issued by an insurance company stating that a policy is operative: used as a temporary measure between the commencement of cover and the issue of the policy
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- covertness — concealed; secret; disguised.
- covetingly — in a covetous manner
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- decennoval — relating to nineteen
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- devotement — The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- devoutness — devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.
- dime novel — a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, especially such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920.
- disenvelop — to unfold
- disenviron — to set free from a specific environment
- disinvolve — (transitive) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
- dissolvent — capable of dissolving another substance.
- diversions — Plural form of diversion.
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dove prion — a common petrel, Pachyptila desolata, of the southern seas, having a bluish back and white underparts
- dovishness — The quality of being a dove (as opposed to a hawk).
- down-river — Something that is moving down-river is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is down-river is towards the mouth of a river.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- endeavored — Simple past tense and past participle of endeavor.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endocervix — (anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.
- endopelvic — (anatomy) Within the pelvis.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- enveloping — Present participle of envelop.
- envenomate — (of a snake, scorpion, spider, or insect) poison by biting or stinging.
- envenoming — Present participle of envenom.
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- environics — the study of human and natural forces that determine an environment
- envisioned — Simple past tense and past participle of envision.
- ergonovine — Ergometrine.