10-letter words containing a, v, o, t
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dovetailed — noting a partition line or a charge, as an ordinary, having a series of indentations suggesting dovetails.
- earthmover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- enervation — A feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue.
- envenomate — (of a snake, scorpion, spider, or insect) poison by biting or stinging.
- envigorate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- equivocate — Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
- estivation — Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.
- evacuation — The action of evacuating a person or a place.
- evaluation — The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- evaluators — Plural form of evaluator.
- evaporated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaporate.
- evaporates — Turn from liquid into vapor.
- evaporator — A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.
- evaporites — Plural form of evaporite.
- evaporitic — Of or pertaining to an evaporite.
- evocations — Plural form of evocation.
- excavation — The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.
- excavators — Plural form of excavator.
- exuviation — The process of producing exuviae.
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- favoritest — (nonstandard) favorite.
- favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- favourites — Plural form of favourite.
- flat-woven — (of a carpet) woven without pile
- flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
- foot valve — a nonreturn valve at the inlet end of a pipe
- formatives — Plural form of formative.
- fortran iv — IBM 1962. For the IBM 7090/94. Many implementations went well beyond the original definition.
- fortran vi — IBM's internal name for early PL/I work ca. 1963.
- foveolated — Foveolate.
- gansevoort — Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- governante — a housekeeper
- graveolent — That has a rank smell.
- gravestone — a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- gravitonic — Relating to gravitons.
- gravy boat — a small dish, often boat-shaped, for serving gravy or sauce.
- have to be — to be unquestionably or without doubt
- have to do — You use have to when you are saying that something is necessary or required, or must happen. If you do not have to do something, it is not necessary or required.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hovertrain — an experimental high-speed train that rides on a cushion of air over a concrete guide track in the shape of an inverted T and is propelled by one or more propellers or jet engines.
- hrotsvitha — c935–c1000, German nun, poet, and dramatist.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- inchoative — inceptive.
- innovating — Make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
- innovation — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.