10-letter words containing o, v, t
- overstress — overemphasize.
- overstrewn — scattered over
- overstride — to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
- overstrike — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- overstrong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- overstruck — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- overtaught — taught to excess
- overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
- overthwart — to lie across
- overtimely — untimely
- overturned — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- overturner — a person who overturns
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- photonovel — a novel published as a series of sequential photographs coupled with dialogue enclosed in balloons.
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- porto novo — Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- positivism — the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance.
- positivist — the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance.
- positivity — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protervity — petulance
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative