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14-letter words containing p, o, v

  • octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
  • on the improve — improving
  • oppressiveness — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • over-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
  • over-pronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
  • over-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • overdependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
  • overdeveloping — Present participle of overdevelop.
  • overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
  • overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
  • overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
  • overemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
  • overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overprivileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • overprogrammed — characterized by overprogramming
  • overproportion — to make or measure in excess of the correct, normal, or desired proportion.
  • overprotection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
  • overprotective — unduly protective.
  • overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
  • overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
  • oversuspicious — too suspicious
  • palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
  • panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
  • papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
  • passive reason — the reasoning faculty existing only within an individual mind, limited in scope and perishing with the body.
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • peace movement — a movement seeking to end wars and reduce nuclear weapons
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
  • photoreceptive — of or relating to photoreception
  • photoresistive — photoconductive
  • photosensitive — sensitive to light or similar radiation.
  • pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
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