12-letter words containing o, r, v
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- preoperative — occurring or related to the period or preparations before a surgical operation.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preservatory — a preservative
- prevaricator — a person who speaks falsely; liar.
- previsionary — having foresight
- 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.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- proper value — characteristic root.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- protest vote — a ballot cast for a candidate with a minimal chance of winning, to register dislike for the other candidates.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- 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
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provitamin a — carotene.
- proxy server — (software, security) (Capitalised) Microsoft's proxy server and proxy gateway, designed to provide extensible firewall and network security. Proxy Server is part of BackOffice.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- reconvention — an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- reconviction — a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- rediscoverer — a person who rediscovers
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvitation — the act of inviting.