10-letter words containing vo
- lake volta — an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- longaevous — long-lived
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- mavourneen — darling; dear.
- mezza voce — (in singing) softly; quietly
- microvolts — Plural form of microvolt.
- millivolts — Plural form of millivolt.
- minivolley — a version of volleyball played with fewer players per team than the standard number of six
- mischivous — Obsolete spelling of mischievous.
- multivocal — having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity: a multivocal word.
- non-devout — devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.
- nonvocalic — Not vocalic; not used as a vowel.
- novobiocin — an aminocoumarin antibiotic, C31H36N2O11, derived from Streptomyces niveus, which works by inhibiting DNA synthesis in bacteria
- nucivorous — (of animals) feeding on nuts
- nuevo leon — a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Capital: Monterrey.
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- ogg vorbis — (audio, compression) A patent-free audio compression algorithm.
- omnivorism — eating both animal and plant foods.
- omnivorous — eating both animal and plant foods.
- open vowel — a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively wide apart
- oral vowel — an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization
- ossivorous — bone-eating
- overfavour — to favour too much
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- 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.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
- pure vowel — a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- re-invoked — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- reinvolved — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- rendezvous — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- reservoirs — a small body of standing water; pond.
- 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.
- revolvency — the act or state of revolving
- savonarola — Girolamo [ji-rol-uh-moh;; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ;; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- saxicavous — (of molluscs) tending to bore holes or hollow out rocks
- servomotor — a motor or the like forming part of a servomechanism.
- 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.