10-letter words containing o, v, e
- 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.
- 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.
- dissolvent — capable of dissolving another substance.
- 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.
- divide off — If something divides an area off, it forms a barrier that keeps it separate from another area.
- 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).
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dorsovelar — articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) and (ŋ)
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- dostoevsky — Fyodor Mikhailovich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈfyoʊ dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈfyɔ dər myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, Russian novelist.
- 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
- dovetailed — noting a partition line or a charge, as an ordinary, having a series of indentations suggesting dovetails.
- dovishness — The quality of being a dove (as opposed to a hawk).
- 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.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- drive home — to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- drool over — desire, look longingly at
- drop valve — a valve, as for a steam engine, that drops freely to close.
- duck-shove — to evade responsibility (for)
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- earthmover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
- echo verse — a poem in which the words or syllables at the end of a line are repeated as a response in the next line, often for ironic purpose.
- ecovillage — A community whose inhabitants seek to live according to ecological principles, causing as little impact on the environment as possible.
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- endeavored — Simple past tense and past participle of endeavor.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endocervix — (anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.
- endopelvic — (anatomy) Within the pelvis.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.