11-letter words containing o, v, i
- 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.
- ovuliferous — holding ovules
- oxidatively — by an oxidative process
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- 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.
- 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.
- pillow lava — lava in the form of an agglomeration of rounded, pillow-shaped masses, the result of subaqueous or subglacial volcanic eruption.
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- 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.
- preconceive — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- 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
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- prime mover — Mechanics. the initial agent, as wind or electricity, that puts a machine in motion. a machine, as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source.
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- 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).
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- progenitive — capable of having offspring; reproductive.
- progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- promo video — a video or short film that promotes or advertises 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.
- provenience — provenance; origin; source.
- provide for — support financially
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.