14-letter words containing a, t, e, v, r
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
- overestimation — An excessive estimation.
- overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- overexaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
- overextraction — excessive extraction
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- parental leave — a leave of absence from a job for a parent to care for a new baby.
- passive-matrix — of or relating to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, a type of flat-panel display.
- perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- permanent wave — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
- pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- post operative — occurring after a surgical operation.
- post-operative — occurring after a surgical operation.
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- pre-invitation — the act of inviting.
- predestinative — predestinating; of the nature of or concerned with predestination
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preoperatively — in a preoperative context
- presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
- preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
- preventive war — an attack against a possible enemy to prevent an attack by that enemy at a later time.
- prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
- private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- private sector — the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control.
- private treaty — a property sale based on terms resulting from a conference between buyer and seller.
- proactiveness' — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- radiosensitive — (of certain tissues or organisms) sensitive to or destructible by various types of radiant energy, as x-rays, rays from radioactive material, or the like.
- rat-bite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.