10-letter words containing v, o, d
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dorsovelar — articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) and (ŋ)
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- dostoevsky — Fyodor Mikhailovich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈfyoʊ dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈfyɔ dər myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, Russian novelist.
- dove color — warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.
- dove prion — a common petrel, Pachyptila desolata, of the southern seas, having a bluish back and white underparts
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- dover sole — another name for the European sole
- dovetailed — noting a partition line or a charge, as an ordinary, having a series of indentations suggesting dovetails.
- dovishness — The quality of being a dove (as opposed to a hawk).
- down-river — Something that is moving down-river is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is down-river is towards the mouth of a river.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- drive home — to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- drool over — desire, look longingly at
- drop valve — a valve, as for a steam engine, that drops freely to close.
- duck-shove — to evade responsibility (for)
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
- endeavored — Simple past tense and past participle of endeavor.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endocervix — (anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.
- endopelvic — (anatomy) Within the pelvis.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- envisioned — Simple past tense and past participle of envision.
- evaporated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaporate.
- field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
- find favor — to be regarded with favor; be pleasing to
- flavonoids — Plural form of flavonoid.
- food value — The food value of a particular food is a measure of how good it is for you, based on its level of vitamins, minerals, or calories.
- foveolated — Foveolate.
- glendoveer — a heavenly sprite
- gold fever — greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine
- hardcovers — Plural form of hardcover.
- have to do — You use have to when you are saying that something is necessary or required, or must happen. If you do not have to do something, it is not necessary or required.
- head voice — the high register of the human voice, in which the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- home video — a videotape recorded by camcorder generally for noncommercial use, especially for viewing at home.
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- hoverboard — (science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.
- id nouveau — A dataflow language by Arvind <[email protected]> and R.S. Nikhil <[email protected]>, MIT LCS, ca. 1986. Id Nouveau began as a functional language, added streams, resource managers and I-structures (mutable arrays). Loops are syntactic sugar for tail recursion. See also Id.
- improvised — made or said without previous preparation: an improvised skit.
- indivision — The absence of division; an undivided state.
- inviolated — Not violated or injured; inviolate.
- involucred — (botany) Having an involucre.