10-letter words containing v, r, o, t
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
- rootserver — any of a small number of important large servers on the internet that match addresses at the top-domain level
- row vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written horizontally.
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- scoot over — come quickly
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- servomotor — a motor or the like forming part of a servomechanism.
- 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.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- soft serve — frozen custard
- 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.
- storyville — a red-light district of New Orleans known as a wellspring of jazz before World War I.
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- strikeover — an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
- supportive — giving support.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- think over — consider, deliberate
- throw over — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- tolerative — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- travelator — a moving pavement for transporting pedestrians, as in a shopping precinct or an airport
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- turtledove — any of several small to medium-sized Old World doves of the genus Streptopelia, especially S. turtur, of Europe, having a long, graduated tail: noted for its soft, cooing call.
- twice over — two times
- two rivers — a city in E Wisconsin.
- unfavorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- unvirtuous — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- vacationer — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vaccinator — a person who vaccinates.
- vacillator — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- vagotropic — affecting the vagus nerve.
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- variegator — someone or something which variegates