13-letter words containing p, a, v, i
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- grape variety — type of grape
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- impassiveness — The state of being impassive.
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- implicatively — In an implicative way.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- improvability — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- improvisatori — Plural form of improvisatore.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- incentive pay — additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee.
- incorporative — Tending to incorporate or include things.
- interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- irrepleviable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- jovian planet — any of the four large outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nonprovincial — Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overexpansion — the act or process of expanding.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- ovoviviparity — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- ovoviviparous — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.