10-letter words containing v, o
- covenantee — the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- cover crop — a crop planted between main crops to prevent leaching or soil erosion or to provide green manure
- cover girl — A cover girl is an attractive woman whose photograph appears on the front of a magazine.
- cover note — a certificate issued by an insurance company stating that a policy is operative: used as a temporary measure between the commencement of cover and the issue of the policy
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- cover text — a text that conceals an encoded message.
- coveralled — wearing coveralls
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- covertness — concealed; secret; disguised.
- covertures — Plural form of coverture.
- covetingly — in a covetous manner
- covetously — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- crevecoeur — Miˈchel Guilˈlaume Jean de (miˈʃɛl giˈjoʊm ʒɑ̃ də) ; mēshelˈ gēyōmˈ zhän də) (pseud. J. Hector St. John) 1735-1813; Am. essayist & agriculturist, born in France
- cross over — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross-over — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- cross-vote — to vote against one's own party
- crossovers — Plural form of crossover.
- cult movie — film with small but enthusiastic fan base
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- cyberglove — (hardware, virtual reality) A data glove sold by Virtual Technologies. The spandex-like glove houses 18 sensors to track accurately just about every move your hand is capable of making. The accompanying software includes a three-dimensional hand model that can he added to any virtual reality application. The glove includes a mount for Polhemus and Ascension sensors.
- d'oliviera — Basil (Lewis). 1931–2011, South African-born cricketer who played for England. The South African government's refusal to admit him to the country as part of the England touring party in 1968 led to South Africa being banned from international cricket
- data glove — (hardware, virtual reality) An input device for virtual reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer. Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist and elbow. A data glove may also contain control buttons or act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the computer. The user usually sees a virtual image of the data glove and can point or grip and push objects. Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove. A cheaper alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- davao gulf — a gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the SE coast of Mindanao, Philippines.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- decennoval — relating to nineteen
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- demotivate — to cause (a person) to lose motivation
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- depositive — having the capacity or tendency to deposit
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- detrivores — Plural form of detrivore.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- devastator — to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: destroy, sack, despoil, raze, ruin, level. Antonyms: create, erect, develop.
- developers — Plural form of developer.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).