12-letter words containing n, e, r, v
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
- overrashness — the act of being overrash
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overripeness — the state of being too ripe
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- perverseness — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- power-driven — powered by an electric motor
- preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- preinterview — a preparatory meeting held before an interview
- preinventive — apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preventative — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- preventively — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- previsionary — having foresight
- print server — (printer) A server device that is set up on a network to route print requests and status information between computers and printers connected by a network. A typical print server routes print requests for multiple computers and printers on a network. For example, a networked workstation user submits a print command that includes a print file and information about the printer to be used, usually a nearby printer for convenience. The print server sends the print file to the requested printer. The printer spools the print file and provides job status. The print server relays the status of the printer back to the workstation and makes this status information available to other devices on the network.
- prison fever — typhus.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- prize-giving — A prize-giving is a ceremony where prizes are awarded to people who have produced a very high standard of work.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- raven-haired — with glossy deep black hair
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.