10-letter words containing r, o, v, i
- riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
- road movie — film in which story follows a journey
- romeoville — a town in NE Illinois.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- slide over — to cross by or as if by sliding
- slow virus — a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before producing symptoms, as in several neurological diseases, including kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
- somerville — Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/ (Show IPA), 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- storyville — a red-light district of New Orleans known as a wellspring of jazz before World War I.
- strikeover — an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- supervisor — a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
- supportive — giving support.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- think over — consider, deliberate
- tolerative — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trouvaille — a windfall
- twice over — two times
- two rivers — a city in E Wisconsin.
- uncoercive — not coercive; not tending to coerce
- undervoice — an undertone or low voice
- undivorced — not divorced; still married
- unfavoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- unfavorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- unforgiven — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
- unprovided — not provided or supplied
- unvirtuous — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- 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.
- vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- vaporiform — in the form or state of vapour
- varicocele — a varicose condition of the spermatic veins of the scrotum.
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- variegator — someone or something which variegates
- varifocals — a pair of spectacles with varifocal lenses
- 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.
- venatorial — of or relating to hunting