10-letter words containing o, v, t
- supportive — giving support.
- swing vote — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- telenovela — (in Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.
- television — the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- the movies — the cinema
- think over — consider, deliberate
- throw over — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- token vote — a Parliamentary vote of money in which the amount quoted to aid discussion is not intended to be binding
- tolerative — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tonalitive — of or relating to tonality
- tough love — a mixture of toughness and warmth used in a relationship, especially with an adolescent.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- townsville — a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- travelator — a moving pavement for transporting pedestrians, as in a shopping precinct or an airport
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- turtledove — any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
- twelvefold — having twelve sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
- twice over — two times
- two rivers — a city in E Wisconsin.
- unfavorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- univoltine — reproducing at a rate of one generation per year, i.e. having one brood of young in one year
- unviolated — not violated or desecrated
- unvirtuous — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- uvulectomy — excision of the uvula.
- vacant lot — A vacant lot is a small area of land in a city or town that is not occupied or not being used.
- vacationer — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vaccinator — a person who vaccinates.
- vacillator — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- vacuolated — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- vaginotomy — colpotomy.
- vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
- validation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- van't hoff — Jacobus Hendricus [yah-koh-bœs hen-dree-kœs] /yɑˈkoʊ bœs hɛnˈdri kœs/ (Show IPA), 1852–1911, Dutch chemist: Nobel prize 1901.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- variegator — someone or something which variegates
- variolator — (before the introduction of vaccinations) someone who caused exposure to the smallpox virus to people (by, for example, collecting pus of affected patients) so as to promote immunity
- variolitic — Petrography. containing or resembling varioles, especially in texture.
- variometer — Electricity. an instrument for measuring inductance, consisting essentially of an inductor with two or more coils whose relative position may be changed to vary the inductance.
- vasoactive — of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.
- vasomotion — the change in diameter of a blood vessel.
- vat office — the part of HM Revenue & Customs that deals with VAT