10-letter words containing v, w
- liverworts — Plural form of liverwort.
- liverwurst — a sausage made with a large percentage of liver, especially one made with pork liver and pork meat.
- loveworthy — worthy of being loved
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- mediumwave — Of radio waves, having a wavelength of approximately 100 to 1000 meters.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- multi-view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- news value — newsworthiness; value in terms of its interest to consumers of published or broadcast news
- newsvendor — a person who sells newspapers or periodicals.
- nut weevil — any of several snout beetles of the genus Balaninus, the larvae of which live in and feed on nuts and acorns.
- olive wood — olive (def 3).
- open vowel — a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively wide apart
- or whoever — You say or whoever to refer vaguely to another person or organization, especially when you are not sure if you have mentioned the right person or organization.
- oral vowel — an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization
- orb weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Argiopidae, characterized by loosely woven, spiraling webs that have support lines radiating outward from the center.
- overborrow — to borrow too much money
- overbrowse — to browse on (vegetation, land, etc) excessively, in a damaging way; overgraze
- overcrowds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrowd.
- overdrawer — a person who overdraws something, especially a bank account.
- overgrowth — a growth overspreading or covering something.
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- overshower — to shower over
- overstrewn — scattered over
- overthwart — to lie across
- overwarmed — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- 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.
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- overworked — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- pea weevil — a seed beetle, Bruchus pisorum, the larvae of which live in and feed on the seeds of the pea plant.
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- pure vowel — a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong
- radio wave — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- reviewable — Reviewable premiums or payments are not guaranteed and may be increased or decreased.
- riverwards — towards a river
- rogue wave — a random, enormous ocean wave that sometimes travels at an angle to prevailing seas.
- row vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written horizontally.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- 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.
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
- 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.
- 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.