10-letter words containing v, o, s
- 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.
- shevchenko — Taras Grigoryevich [Russian tah-ruh s gryi-gawr-yi-vyich] /Russian ˈtɑ rəs gryɪˈgɔr yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–61, Ukrainian national poet.
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- 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.
- shovelhead — bonnethead.
- shovelnose — any of various animals with a shovellike snout or head, as a guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, of California.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- slavocracy — the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
- 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.
- sleep over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleep-over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleeve dog — a very small Pekingese, usually under six pounds in weight and less than six inches (15 cm) tall.
- slide over — to cross by or as if by sliding
- slovenlike — slovenly
- slow virus — a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before producing symptoms, as in several neurological diseases, including kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
- snow cover — a layer of snow on the ground.
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- soft serve — frozen custard
- solemn vow — a perpetual, irrevocable public vow taken by a religious, in which property may not be owned by the individual, and marriage is held invalid under canon law.
- solivagant — a lone wanderer
- solvolysis — a chemical reaction in which the solvent and solute interact; lyolysis.
- solvolytic — relating to solvolysis
- somerville — Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/ (Show IPA), 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
- sotto voce — in a low, soft voice so as not to be overheard.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- 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
- 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
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- 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.
- storyville — a red-light district of New Orleans known as a wellspring of jazz before World War I.
- stove bolt — a small bolt, similar to a machine screw but with a coarser thread.