16-letter words containing p, o, v
- franco-provencal — a Romance dialect group of western Switzerland and neighboring parts of France: closely related to both Provençal and northern French.
- gravity platform — (in the oil industry) a drilling platform that rests directly on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight; it is usually made of reinforced concrete
- have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hypercompetitive — Extremely competitive.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- ippolitov-ivanov — Mikhail Mikhailovich [mi-kah-eel mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, Russian composer.
- levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- liver of sulphur — a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases
- mangrove snapper — gray snapper.
- mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
- native companion — brolga.
- network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
- neurodevelopment — The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
- noise prevention — the prevention of annoying or harmful noise in an environment
- non-interpretive — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
- nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
- objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
- objective spirit — the human spirit, insofar as it has become capable of a rational identification of its individual self with the community of other spirits but is not yet capable of the identification with the absolute idea that characterizes the absolute spirit.
- observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
- optical activity — the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
- over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- over-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
- over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
- over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcompensatory — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
- parole violation — an illegal act or offence that breaches the conditions of a prisoner's parole
- past progressive — a verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the past tense followed by a present participle and used especially to indicate that an action or event was incomplete or in progress at a point of reference in the past, as was sleeping in I was sleeping when the phone rang.
- pavillon chinois — crescent (def 6).
- peasants' revolt — the first great popular rebellion in English history (1381), caused by the imposition of an unpopular poll tax: it lasted less than a month and failed as a social revolution
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- pension provider — the company or organization that makes provision for a person's pension
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.