11-letter words containing a, r, v, o
- overstaffed — If you say that a place is overstaffed, you think there are more people working there than is necessary.
- overvoltage — Electricity. excess voltage.
- overweather — to expose too long to harsh weather
- overzealous — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- perforative — that perforates readily
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- port lavaca — a town in S Texas.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- preapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- preapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- 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.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- 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.
- proactivity — 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.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocation — the act of provoking.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- provocatory — tending to provoke
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
- 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.
- radiovision — television.
- re-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- recoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- 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.
- removal man — Removal men are men whose job is to move furniture or equipment from one building to another.
- removal van — a large vehicle used to transport furniture or equipment from one building to another
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
- restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- resveratrol — a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory