10-letter words containing o, d, v
- demotivate — to cause (a person) to lose motivation
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- depositive — having the capacity or tendency to deposit
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- detrivores — Plural form of detrivore.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- devastator — to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: destroy, sack, despoil, raze, ruin, level. Antonyms: create, erect, develop.
- developers — Plural form of developer.
- 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.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- devocalize — devoice.
- 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.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- 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.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- discovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discoverer — a person who discovers.
- disemvowel — to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc) in order to abbreviate it
- disenvelop — to unfold
- disenviron — to set free from a specific environment
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- disinvolve — (transitive) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
- disprovide — (obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
- disproving — Present participle of disprove.
- dissolvent — capable of dissolving another substance.
- dissolvers — Plural form of dissolver.
- dissolving — Present participle of dissolve.
- distortive — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- diversions — Plural form of diversion.
- divide off — If something divides an area off, it forms a barrier that keeps it separate from another area.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- divisorial — Lb maths Related to a divisor.
- dog violet — a violet, Viola canina, that grows in Europe and N Asia and has blue yellow-spurred flowers
- dolce vita — sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la).