16-letter words containing p, r, e, v, a
- river carpsucker — a carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, found in silty rivers of the central U.S. south to Mexico.
- rodent operative — a name sometimes used for an official (operative) employed by a local authority to destroy vermin
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- seal of approval — royal stamp of endorsement
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
- sicilian vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.
- slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
- specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
- splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
- unrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- vest-pocket park — pocket park.
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- virginia creeper — a climbing plant, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of the grape family, native to North America, having palmate leaves, usually with five leaflets, and bluish-black berries.
- virtual particle — an elementary particle of transitory existence that does not appear as a free particle in a particular situation but that can transmit a force from one particle to another.
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration