10-letter words containing o, v, i
- love child — a child born out of wedlock.
- loveliness — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- lovingness — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- microdrive — a type of memory card that has moving parts and can store large amounts of data
- microlevel — A microscopic level.
- microvilli — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- microvolts — Plural form of microvolt.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- mihailovic — Draža [Serbo-Croatian. drah-zhah] /Serbo-Croatian. ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), Mikhailovitch, Draja.
- millivolts — Plural form of millivolt.
- minivolley — a version of volleyball played with fewer players per team than the standard number of six
- mischivous — Obsolete spelling of mischievous.
- misdevelop — to develop in a faulty or abnormal manner
- misgoverns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgovern.
- misimprove — to make worse in trying to make better
- misobserve — to observe incorrectly or inaccurately
- moiseivich — Benno [ben-oh] /ˈbɛn oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1963, English pianist, born in Russia.
- monovision — the condition of seeing with one eye.
- monteverdi — Claudio [klou-dyaw] /ˈklaʊ dyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1567–1643, Italian composer.
- montevideo — a republic in SE South America. 72,172 sq. mi. (186,925 sq. km). Capital: Montevideo.
- most-divan — sliced and baked in a casserole with broccoli and hollandaise sauce.
- motivating — Effectively providing an incentive.
- motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- motivative — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- motivators — Plural form of motivator.
- motiveless — something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- movability — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- move in on — move closer to attack or capture
- movie film — photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a movie camera
- movie star — famous film actor
- moviegoers — Plural form of moviegoer.
- moviegoing — the practice or act of going to see motion pictures.
- moviehouse — (US) A cinema or movie theater.
- moviemaker — filmmaker.
- moving van — a large truck or trailer used for transporting furnishings from one residence or office to another.
- multivious — having many ways, paths or directions
- multivocal — having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity: a multivocal word.
- muscovites — Plural form of muscovite.
- nabokovian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.
- native dog — a dingo
- native son — a novel (1940) by Richard Wright.