11-letter words containing o, v, e
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- crab-plover — a black and white wading bird, Dromas ardeola, of the northern and western shores of the Indian Ocean.
- cracovienne — a fast dance from the Krakow region of Poland which became popular in Paris during the 19th century
- creve coeur — a town in E Missouri.
- cross river — a state of SE Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Calabar. Pop: 2 888 966 (2006). Area: 20 156 sq km (7782 sq miles)
- crown vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
- culver hole — a hole for receiving a timber.
- dative bond — coordinate bond
- dative-bond — a type of covalent bond between two atoms in which the bonding electrons are supplied by one of the two atoms.
- de beauvoir — Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le Sang des autres (1944), Le Deuxième Sexe (1949), and Les Mandarins (1954)
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- declivitous — fairly steep
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deep-voiced — having a voice that is low in pitch: a deep-voiced young man.
- deevolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- deformative — making worse by alteration
- demotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- demotivator — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- demy octavo — a book size, 81⁄2 by 51⁄2 inches
- denervation — to cut off the nerve supply from (an organ or body part) by surgery or anesthetic block.
- denver boot — A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed.
- deo volente — God willing
- depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- derivations — Plural form of derivation.
- detritivore — an organism that uses organic waste as a food source, as certain insects.
- detritovore — any organism that feeds on detritus
- devaluation — a decrease in the exchange value of a currency against gold or other currencies, brought about by a government
- devastation — Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- devastators — Plural form of devastator.
- developable — Able to be developed, in particular.
- development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- deviousness — The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.
- devolvement — to transfer or delegate (a duty, responsibility, etc.) to or upon another; pass on.
- devotedness — State of being devoted.
- devotionals — Plural form of devotional.
- devotionist — a person who practises formal devotion
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- dis-favored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
- disapprover — One who disapproves.
- disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
- disavowable — capable of being disavowed
- discoverers — Plural form of discoverer.
- discoveries — The action or process of discovering or being discovered.
- discovering — Present participle of discover.
- discoverist — advocating or using the discovery method.
- disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.