8-letter words containing vo
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- mitzvoth — any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
- montalvo — Garci Ordóñez de [gahr-thee awr-th aw-nyeth th e] /gɑrˈθi ɔrˈðɔ nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) 15th-century Spanish writer.
- nanovolt — An SI unit of electrical potential.
- non-void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- nonvocal — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- nonvoter — a person who does not vote.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- obvolute — rolled or turned in.
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- omnivore — someone or something that is omnivorous.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- outvoice — (transitive) To exceed in noise.
- outvoted — Simple past tense and past participle of outvote.
- outvoter — (in the past) someone who is able to vote in a constituency which they do not live in on a permanent basis
- outvotes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvote.
- overvote — to cast more than the allowed number of votes
- pavonine — of or like a peacock.
- pivot on — If one thing pivots on another, it depends on it.
- pivoting — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- provoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- provoker — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- re-evoke — to evoke again
- reinvoke — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- revolted — to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
- revolute — rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
- revolver — a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
- sarajevo — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Capital: Sarajevo.
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savorous — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savourer — a person who savours or seasons food
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- scaevola — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA) (or Caius, ) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Mucius [myoo-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈmyu ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA) fl. 6th century b.c., Roman hero.
- serajevo — Sarajevo.
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- statvolt — the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.
- sub voce — (used as a direction to a reference) under the specified word. Abbreviation: s.v.
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- survivor — a person or thing that survives.