13-letter words containing p, a, r, v, l
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reverse plate — a plate for printing a reverse.
- river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- surplus value — (in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
- tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- unperceivable — imperceptible
- unperceivably — imperceptibly
- unpreventable — not able to be prevented
- unreprievable — not able to be reprieved, eased, or postponed
- upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- valproic acid — a carboxylic acid, C 8 H 16 O 2 , used for its antiepileptic properties in the treatment of various seizures including petit mal.
- variable type — type that can be varied to fit a page, screen, etc
- velvet carpet — a carpet or rug of pile weave resembling Wilton.
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- virginia plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- visual purple — rhodopsin.
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.