12-letter words containing p, e, v
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- impoverisher — Someone who impoverishes.
- impoverishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- imputatively — In an imputative fashion or manner.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression.
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- intempestive — untimely or inopportune
- interceptive — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interpretive — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- interruptive — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- irreprovable — Not reprovable; irreproachable.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irrespective — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irresponsive — not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- japanese ivy — Boston ivy
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- leopoldville — former name of Kinshasa.
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- live in hope — If you live in hope that something will happen, you continue to hope that it will happen, although it seems unlikely, and you realize that you are being foolish.
- live spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mare vaporum — (Sea of Vapors) a dark plain in the first quadrant and near the center of the face of the moon: about 39,000 sq. mi. (101,000 sq. km).
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- nappy valley — a residential area that is regarded as suitable for families with young children
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- nondeceptive — not deceptive
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- over the top — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.