10-letter words containing v, o, a
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
- jadotville — former name of Likasi.
- jovialness — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- jovysaunce — joy
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- kirovograd — a city in S central Ukraine.
- kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
- kovalevsky — Sonia [sohn-yuh] /ˈsoʊn yə/ (Show IPA), (Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya) 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
- labiovelar — pronounced with simultaneous bilabial and velar articulations, as w.
- lad's love — herb: wormwood
- lake pskov — the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia, linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles)
- lake volta — an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)
- land rover — a four-wheel drive vehicle
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- lavatorial — Relating to or resembling lavatories.
- lavatories — Plural form of lavatory.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- levigation — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- liver opal — a form of opal having a reddish-brown coloration
- loan value — the highest amount of money that can be borrowed against a life-insurance policy, based on the cash value of the policy.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- longaevous — long-lived
- look alive — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- love apple — a tropical, tender plant, Solanum aculeatissimum, of the nightshade family, having prickly leaves, clusters of large, star-shaped white flowers, and red, tomatolike fruit.
- love beads — a necklace of small, often handmade beads, worn as a symbol of peace and goodwill, especially in the 1960s.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- loves park — a town in N Illinois.
- macrolevel — at or on a level that is large in scale or scope: macrolevel research on crime rates in urban areas.
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- manoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.
- manoeuvrer — Alternative spelling of maneuverer.
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- mesovarium — the mesentery of the ovary.