10-letter words containing o, v, e, r
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- cover crop — a crop planted between main crops to prevent leaching or soil erosion or to provide green manure
- cover girl — A cover girl is an attractive woman whose photograph appears on the front of a magazine.
- 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
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- cover text — a text that conceals an encoded message.
- coveralled — wearing coveralls
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- covertness — concealed; secret; disguised.
- covertures — Plural form of coverture.
- crevecoeur — Miˈchel Guilˈlaume Jean de (miˈʃɛl giˈjoʊm ʒɑ̃ də) ; mēshelˈ gēyōmˈ zhän də) (pseud. J. Hector St. John) 1735-1813; Am. essayist & agriculturist, born in France
- cross over — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross-over — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- 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.
- cross-vote — to vote against one's own party
- crossovers — Plural form of crossover.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- cyberglove — (hardware, virtual reality) A data glove sold by Virtual Technologies. The spandex-like glove houses 18 sensors to track accurately just about every move your hand is capable of making. The accompanying software includes a three-dimensional hand model that can he added to any virtual reality application. The glove includes a mount for Polhemus and Ascension sensors.
- d'oliviera — Basil (Lewis). 1931–2011, South African-born cricketer who played for England. The South African government's refusal to admit him to the country as part of the England touring party in 1968 led to South Africa being banned from international cricket
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- 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.
- 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)
- devourment — the act of devouring
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- 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.
- 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.
- disprovide — (obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
- dissolvers — Plural form of dissolver.
- distortive — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- diversions — Plural form of diversion.
- dorsovelar — articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) and (ŋ)
- dove color — warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.
- dove prion — a common petrel, Pachyptila desolata, of the southern seas, having a bluish back and white underparts
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- dover sole — another name for the European sole
- 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.