10-letter words containing p, e, v
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- pop server — Post Office Protocol
- portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- possessive — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- prattville — a town in central Alabama.
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- preapprove — to speak or consider favorably (sometimes followed by of): Mother didn't approve of him. The boss wouldn't approve of the plan. He said that he approved.
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predevelop — to develop in advance
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- preevident — plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased. It was evident that the project was a total failure.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- prepensive — premeditated
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- preservice — of a period before a person begins service
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- pretensive — pretentious
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevenance — assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- prevenient — coming before; antecedent.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- preventive — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- preversion — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- primaveral — of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privatized — (of the production of goods or services) transferred from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
- privatizer — a person who promotes or facilitates privatization (of publicly owned businesses or services)
- privileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- processive — advancing or going forward; progressive: the processive quality of language.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- promissive — implying promise