10-letter words containing a, v, o, t
- cavitation — the formation of vapour- or gas-filled cavities in a flowing liquid when tensile stress is superimposed on the ambient pressure
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- coacervate — either of two liquid phases that may separate from a hydrophilic sol, each containing a different concentration of a dispersed solid
- coactivate — To cause, or to undergo coactivation.
- coactivity — acting together.
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- cofavorite — a joint favourite
- cogitative — capable of thinking
- comitative — (of a case) expressing accompaniment
- conclavist — either of two persons who attend upon a cardinal at a conclave, one usually being an ecclesiastical secretary and the other a personal servant.
- conservant — having the quality of conserving or preserving
- conservate — (dated, transitive) To conserve.
- constative — (of a statement) able to be true or false
- contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- conversant — If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
- conversate — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- convocated — Simple past tense and past participle of convocate.
- convocator — a person who convokes a meeting.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- cooptative — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- corelative — correlative
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- covenantal — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- covenanted — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- covenantee — the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- data glove — (hardware, virtual reality) An input device for virtual reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer. Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist and elbow. A data glove may also contain control buttons or act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the computer. The user usually sees a virtual image of the data glove and can point or grip and push objects. Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove. A cheaper alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- demotivate — to cause (a person) to lose motivation
- denotative — able to denote; designative
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- devastator — to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: destroy, sack, despoil, raze, ruin, level. Antonyms: create, erect, develop.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- dolce vita — sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la).