13-letter words containing p, o, v
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overdependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- overdeveloped — Simple past tense and past participle of overdevelop.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overexpansion — the act or process of expanding.
- overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
- overimpressed — very impressed
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- overprocessed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- overpronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
- overprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- overrepresent — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- ovoviviparity — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- ovoviviparous — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- passive voice — grammar: verb form takes when subject acted upon
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
- pervaporation — Pervaporation is a separation process in which a substance permeates through a membrane and then evaporates.
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- pham van dong — 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- photopositive — pertaining to a substance whose conductivity increases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- pivot grammar — a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children
- plano-concave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
- pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.