11-letter words containing a, i, r, v, e
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preparative — preparatory.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- private bar — the saloon or lounge bar of a public house
- private eye — a private detective.
- private key — (cryptography) A piece of data used in private-key cryptography and public-key cryptography. In the former the private key is known by both sender and recipient whereas in the latter it is known only to the sender.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- privateness — the quality of being private
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- rave review — extremely favourable critique
- reactivated — to render active again; revive.
- readvertise — to advertise (something) again
- rebarbative — causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reinnervate — to restore a lost nerve supply to (a muscle, nerve, etc) by surgery or regeneration
- reiterative — to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- relative to — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- remotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
- reprivatize — to restore to private control; remove from governmental jurisdiction.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- repudiative — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- retaliative — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
- retrievable — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revaccinate — to vaccinate (a person or animal) again
- revalidated — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revaluating — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.