11-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r, e
- 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
- perforative — that perforates readily
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- 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.
- 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.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- 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.
- 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
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
- thrash over — to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
- travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
- travel shot — a camera shot taken from a mobile platform, dolly, or the like, that keeps within range of a moving subject.
- travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- ultraviolet — beyond the violet in the spectrum, corresponding to light having wavelengths shorter than 4000 angstrom units.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unobservant — who fails to notice
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- upper volta — former name of Burkina Faso.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- vaporimeter — an instrument for measuring vapor pressure or volume.