11-letter words containing o, v, i, t
- overtedious — extremely tedious
- overtension — the act of stretching or straining.
- overtighten — to tighten too much
- overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- overutilize — to use unsustainably
- overviolent — excessively violent
- overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- oviposition — to deposit or lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor.
- ovovitellin — vitellin.
- oxidatively — by an oxidative process
- passivation — the process of passivating a material
- perforative — that perforates readily
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- pivot joint — a freely moving joint that moves by rotating
- pivot tooth — Dentistry. (formerly) an artificial crown attached to the root of a tooth by pivoting.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- polyvoltine — multivoltine.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- posttussive — of or relating to a cough.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potato vine — a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- premonitive — of, or relating to, a premonition
- prepositive — (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
- 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.
- previous to — before, prior to
- 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.
- proactivity — 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).
- progenitive — capable of having offspring; reproductive.
- prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- provocation — the act of provoking.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- 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.
- reinvention — to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
- 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.