10-letter words containing o, s, i, v
- 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.
- nonviscous — inviscid.
- nosediving — Present participle of nosedive.
- novelistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of novels.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- novitiates — Plural form of novitiate.
- nucivorous — (of animals) feeding on nuts
- objectives — Plural form of objective.
- obstrusive — Misspelling of obtrusive.
- occlusives — Plural form of occlusive.
- of service — If someone or something is of service to you, they help you or are useful to you.
- offensives — Plural form of offensive.
- ogg vorbis — (audio, compression) A patent-free audio compression algorithm.
- oil rivers — a region in W Africa, comprising the vast Niger River delta: formerly a British protectorate; now a part of Nigeria.
- old slavic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- omnivorism — eating both animal and plant foods.
- omnivorous — eating both animal and plant foods.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- oppositive — Expressing contrariety.
- oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ossivorous — bone-eating
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- overdesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- overdosing — Present participle of overdose.
- overdrives — Plural form of overdrive.
- overijssel — a province in the E Netherlands. Capital: Zwolle.
- overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overseeing — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overstride — to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
- overstrike — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- 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.
- poliovirus — any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.