11-letter words containing c, e, v
- overconsume — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overcorrect — To correct too sharply or too much.
- overcrammed — filled to excess
- overcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of overcrop.
- overcrowded — filled to excess; packed.
- overcurious — Excessively curious.
- overcurrent — a current of a magnitude that is greater than a limiting value, as the value at which a fuse melts.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- overeducate — to educate too much
- overexcited — to excite too much.
- overexcites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexcite.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- overpackage — to package excessively
- overpicture — to describe or portray with exaggeration
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overprocess — to process too much
- overproduce — to produce more of (a product or commodity) than is required
- overprotect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- overreacher — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreacted — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overservice — to give more service than required to (something)
- overstocked — containing too many fish
- overstretch — to stretch excessively.
- peace envoy — someone sent on a mission to end conflict or bring peace
- peace river — a river in W Canada, flowing NE from the Rocky Mountains in E British Columbia through Alberta to the Slave River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- perceivable — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivedly — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- persecutive — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- perspective — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- picked over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- place value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- place-value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- placerville — a town in central California; 19th-century gold-mining center.
- planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- pocket veto — the action of the President in retaining unsigned a bill passed by Congress within the last ten days of a session and thus causing it to die
- pocket-veto — to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- preconceive — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- predicative — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- 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.
- prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.