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13-letter words containing p, o, v

  • pont l'eveque — a strongly flavored, pale-yellow cheese with a soft center, made from whole or skimmed milk.
  • popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
  • positive sign — the sign (+) used to indicate a positive quantity
  • postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
  • postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
  • potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
  • potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
  • poverty level — poverty line.
  • pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
  • pre-developed — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
  • pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
  • pre-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
  • preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
  • prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
  • prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
  • preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
  • prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
  • prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
  • prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
  • private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
  • privatization — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
  • privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
  • proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • problem-solve — find solutions
  • proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
  • profit motive — the desire for profit that motivates one to engage in business ventures.
  • progovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • progressivism — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • progressivist — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • projection tv — a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode-ray tube, for projecting video images onto a large screen
  • prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
  • prove a point — If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
  • provence rose — an erect Eurasian shrub, Rosa gallica, of the rose family, having a creeping rootstock, densely prickly and bristly stems, and large, solitary, pink or crimson flowers.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
  • proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • provinciality — provincial character.
  • provincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • provocational — the act of provoking.
  • provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
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