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10-letter words containing v, r, o, t

  • overstored — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
  • overstorey — the highest level of trees in a rainforest
  • overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
  • overstress — overemphasize.
  • overstrewn — scattered over
  • overstride — to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
  • overstrike — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
  • overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
  • overstrong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
  • overstruck — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
  • overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
  • oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
  • overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
  • overtaught — taught to excess
  • overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
  • overthwart — to lie across
  • overtimely — untimely
  • overturned — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
  • overturner — a person who overturns
  • overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
  • ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
  • pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
  • perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
  • pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
  • porto novo — Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
  • portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
  • prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
  • privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
  • pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
  • proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
  • productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • projective — of or relating to projection.
  • protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
  • protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
  • protervity — petulance
  • protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
  • protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
  • provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
  • proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
  • provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
  • proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
  • recitativo — recitative2 .
  • remotivate — to motivate again
  • removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
  • renovation — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
  • renovative — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
  • resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
  • retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
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