10-letter words containing p, o, v
- 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.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- 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.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- 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
- proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
- puppy love — temporary infatuation of a boy or girl for another person.
- pure vowel — a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong
- re-approve — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- reapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- reprovable — deserving of reproof.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- seven-spot — a playing card the face of which bears seven pips.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleep over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleep-over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spokeshave — a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.