10-letter words containing o, t, i, v
- overexcite — to excite too much.
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overmighty — too forceful
- 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.
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- overtimely — untimely
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- positivism — the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance.
- positivist — the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance.
- positivity — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protervity — petulance
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- remotivate — to motivate again
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- 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.
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.