10-letter words containing p, o, v, e, r
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overexpose — to expose too much, as to the sun, cold, or light rays (often used reflexively): Be careful of overexposing yourself to the sun.
- overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overpeople — to overpopulate: The town has been overpeopled by those leaving the farms.
- overplaced — placed above
- overpotent — excessively potent or powerful
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overreport — to report too frequently or in too much detail
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- paper over — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pine grove — a group of pine trees that are close together
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- predevelop — to develop in advance
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- 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.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- 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
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protervity — petulance
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant