11-letter words containing a, l, e, v, p
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
- preapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- 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.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- re-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- septavalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- upper volta — former name of Burkina Faso.
- varley loop — a device containing a Wheatstone bridge, for comparing resistances and for locating faults in circuits.
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
- vituperable — deserving of blame
- volt-ampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.