9-letter words containing p, a, v
- overcheap — too cheap
- overhappy — too happy
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- oversharp — too sharp
- oviparity — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- oviraptor — a bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a toothless jaw and long forelimbs with clawed fingers
- paasikivi — Juho Kusti [yoo -haw koo s-ti] /ˈyʊ hɔ ˈkʊs tɪ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1956, Finnish statesman: president 1946–56.
- page view — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- palaverer — a person who palavers
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- pan gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, seasoned but not thickened.
- panel van — a small van with two rear doors, esp one having windows and seats in the rear
- par avion — by plane (used especially as a designation on matter to be sent by airmail).
- par value — face value (def 1).
- parasceve — preparation
- paravidya — transcendental knowledge.
- parkville — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- partitive — serving to divide into parts.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivism — the quality of being passive.
- passivist — the quality of being passive.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- passivize — If you can passivize a verb or clause, or if it can passivize, you can put the verb in the passive voice.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pavarotti — Luciano [loo-chee-ah-noh;; Italian loo-chah-naw] /ˌlu tʃiˈɑ noʊ;; Italian luˈtʃɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1935–2007, Italian operatic tenor.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- pavlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals.
- pavonazzo — a type of veined (usually red) Italian marble
- pcv valve — a valve used to control and direct the flow of gases during positive crankcase ventilation.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- pit grave — a shallow grave hollowed out of a bed of rock or the floor of a tholos.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pivotally — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- placative — placatory.
- plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.