10-letter words containing p, o, v, e
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
- puppy love — temporary infatuation of a boy or girl for another person.
- pure vowel — a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong
- re-approve — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- reapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- reprovable — deserving of reproof.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- seven-spot — a playing card the face of which bears seven pips.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleep over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleep-over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spokeshave — a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- stovepipes — a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.
- supercover — an insurance policy with additional benefits
- supervisor — a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
- supportive — giving support.
- unapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- unprovided — not provided or supplied
- unprovoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- unreproved — not reproved or rebuked for wrongdoing
- vapourware — new computer software that has not yet been produced and which is likely never to be released or not to work as promised
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
- velocipede — a vehicle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider.
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- verb group — A verb group or verbal group consists of a verb, or of a main verb following a modal or one or more auxiliaries. Examples are 'walked', 'can see', and 'had been waiting'.
- veto-power — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- video clip — short videotape extract
- video shop — a shop that sells and rents videos and DVDs
- video tape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- video-porn — pornographic movies available on videocassette or optical disk, on the Internet, or on subscription television.
- videophile — an enthusiast of television, video recording, video equipment, or the like.
- videophone — a telephone that incorporates both voice and video capabilities.
- viewpoints — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- vip lounge — a room for example at an airport where rich people, celebrities etc can go
- viperiform — resembling, or in the shape of, a viper
- visiophone — a videophone
- voice part — the melody or succession of tones for one of the voices or instruments in a harmonic or concerted composition.
- voiceprint — a graphic representation of a person's voice, showing the component frequencies as analyzed by a sound spectrograph.
- voltampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.