10-letter words containing v, a, p, o
- overplaced — placed above
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- paper over — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- peace dove — dove1 (def 5).
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- pizza oven — an oven, traditionally round in shape and wood-fired, for cooking pizza
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- 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)
- preapprove — to speak or consider favorably (sometimes followed by of): Mother didn't approve of him. The boss wouldn't approve of the plan. He said that he approved.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- 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.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- 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.
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- unapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- vanpooling — the sharing of a van to commute to work
- vapor load — A vapor load is the amount of a vapor which goes into or comes out of a stage in a distillation process.
- vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
- vaporiform — in the form or state of vapour
- vapourware — new computer software that has not yet been produced and which is likely never to be released or not to work as promised