10-letter words containing n, o, v, s
- poison ivy — a vine or shrub, Rhus radicans, having trifoliate leaves and whitish berries and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- preversion — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- redivision — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- reinvasion — the act or an instance of entering (a country, territory, etc) by military force again; a second or subsequent invasion
- rendezvous — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.
- salvadoran — of El Salvador or its people or culture
- sangiovese — a black grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, used for making Chianti and other wines
- savonarola — Girolamo [ji-rol-uh-moh;; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ;; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.
- seven-spot — a playing card the face of which bears seven pips.
- shevchenko — Taras Grigoryevich [Russian tah-ruh s gryi-gawr-yi-vyich] /Russian ˈtɑ rəs gryɪˈgɔr yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–61, Ukrainian national poet.
- shovelnose — any of various animals with a shovellike snout or head, as a guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, of California.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- slovenlike — slovenly
- snow cover — a layer of snow on the ground.
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- solemn vow — a perpetual, irrevocable public vow taken by a religious, in which property may not be owned by the individual, and marriage is held invalid under canon law.
- solivagant — a lone wanderer
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- suaveolent — fragrant or sweet-smelling
- 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.
- swing vote — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- television — the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.
- townsville — a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- unobserved — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- unresolved — firm in purpose or intent; determined.
- unsolvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- unvirtuous — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
- vaxstation — A family of workstations from DEC based on their VAX computer architecture.
- velutinous — having a soft, velvety surface, as certain plants.
- venomously — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- venostasis — retardation or stoppage of blood flow through a vein.
- ventricose — swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- versioning — the adaptation of classic literary texts for film, which often involves updating or changing the setting
- versionist — a translator