11-letter words containing p, a, v, e, r
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- operativity — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- over-expand — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overoperate — to operate on (a patient) unnecessarily
- overpackage — to package excessively
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overplanned — resulting from overplanning
- overprepare — to prepare more than necessary
- overprogram — to program (something) with unnecessary details or instructions
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- paul revere — Paul, 1735–1818, American silversmith and patriot, famous for his night horseback ride, April 18, 1775, to warn Massachusetts colonists of the coming of British troops.
- peace river — a river in W Canada, flowing NE from the Rocky Mountains in E British Columbia through Alberta to the Slave River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- pearl diver — a person who dives for pearl oysters or other pearl-bearing mollusks.
- pearl river — a river flowing from central Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 485 miles (780 km) long.
- pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- penetrative — tending to penetrate; piercing.
- perceivable — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perforative — that perforates readily
- perseverant — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- perseverate — to repeat something insistently or redundantly: to perseverate in reminding children of their responsibilities.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- placerville — a town in central California; 19th-century gold-mining center.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- preadaptive — tending to preadapt, causing preadaptation
- preapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- preapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- predicative — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preparative — preparatory.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- 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.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- private bar — the saloon or lounge bar of a public house