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10-letter words containing t, o, v, e

  • 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.
  • 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
  • proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
  • recitativo — recitative2 .
  • remotivate — to motivate again
  • removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
  • renovation — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
  • renovative — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
  • resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
  • retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
  • retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
  • revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
  • revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
  • revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
  • revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
  • revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
  • rootserver — any of a small number of important large servers on the internet that match addresses at the top-domain level
  • row vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written horizontally.
  • ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
  • scoot over — come quickly
  • seat cover — a cover for a seat
  • servomotor — a motor or the like forming part of a servomechanism.
  • 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.
  • short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
  • shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
  • shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
  • silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
  • skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
  • soft serve — frozen custard
  • sotto voce — in a low, soft voice so as not to be overheard.
  • spoliative — blood-diminishing
  • stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
  • stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • start over — begin again
  • steve jobs — Stephen Jobs
  • stishovite — a rare polymorph of quartz, SiO 2 , formed under very high pressure, as by meteorite impact.
  • stock dove — a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.
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