10-letter words containing v, o, y
- overstorey — the highest level of trees in a rainforest
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- overtimely — untimely
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- poison ivy — a vine or shrub, Rhus radicans, having trifoliate leaves and whitish berries and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- positivity — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- protervity — petulance
- proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
- puppy love — temporary infatuation of a boy or girl for another person.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
- revolvency — the act or state of revolving
- royal navy — the navy of the United Kingdom
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- slavocracy — the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
- solvolysis — a chemical reaction in which the solvent and solute interact; lyolysis.
- solvolytic — relating to solvolysis
- storyville — a red-light district of New Orleans known as a wellspring of jazz before World War I.
- subvocally — in a subvocal manner, with subvocalization
- unavowedly — in an unavowed or concealed manner
- unconvoyed — unaccompanied
- univocally — having only one meaning; unambiguous.
- unlovingly — not in a loving manner
- uvulectomy — excision of the uvula.
- vaginotomy — colpotomy.
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- vancomycin — a bactericidal antibiotic, C 66 H 75 ClN 9 O 24 , produced by Streptomyces orientalis, used in the treatment of antibiotic-associated colitis and endocarditis.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- venerology — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- venomously — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- vigorously — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- vinylation — the process of introducing the vinyl group into a compound by reaction with acetylene.
- violet ray — the shortest ray of the visible spectrum
- virtuosity — the character, ability, or skill of a virtuoso.
- virtuously — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- viscometry — a device for measuring viscosity.
- viscountcy — the rank or station of a viscount.
- vitrectomy — the microsurgical procedure of removing the vitreous humor and replacing it with saline solution, performed to improve vision that has been impaired by opacities.