10-letter words containing v, a, r, o
- radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- re-approve — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- real video — (video, compression) A lossy video compression format from Real Media.
- reapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- reinvasion — the act or an instance of entering (a country, territory, etc) by military force again; a second or subsequent invasion
- 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.
- reprovable — deserving of reproof.
- resolvable — that can be resolved.
- 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.
- revalorize — to change the valuation of (assets)
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
- riboflavin — a vitamin B complex factor appearing as an orange-yellow, crystalline compound, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 4 O 6 , derived from ribose, essential for growth, found in milk, fresh meat, eggs, leafy vegetables, etc., or made synthetically, and used in enriching flour, in vitamin preparations, and in treating facial lesions.
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- road movie — film in which story follows a journey
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- royal navy — the navy of the United Kingdom
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- salvadoran — of El Salvador or its people or culture
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- savonarola — Girolamo [ji-rol-uh-moh;; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ;; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- 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.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- slavocracy — the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- start over — begin again
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- 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).
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- travelator — a moving pavement for transporting pedestrians, as in a shopping precinct or an airport
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- unapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- unfavoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.