11-letter words containing p, r, e, v, i
- improvisers — Plural form of improviser.
- inoperative — not operative; not in operation.
- inscriptive — of, relating to, or of the nature of an inscription.
- inspirative — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- invert soap — cationic detergent.
- irreceptive — not receptive
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- lip service — insincere expression of friendship, admiration, support, etc.; service by words only: He paid only lip service to the dictator.
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
- loupcervier — the Canada lynx.
- misperceive — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- operativity — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- overimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overimpress — to impress to an excessive degree
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overpicture — to describe or portray with exaggeration
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overpromise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- peace river — a river in W Canada, flowing NE from the Rocky Mountains in E British Columbia through Alberta to the Slave River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- pearl diver — a person who dives for pearl oysters or other pearl-bearing mollusks.
- pearl river — a river flowing from central Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 485 miles (780 km) long.
- peer review — evaluation of a person's work or performance by a group of people in the same occupation, profession, or industry.
- pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- penetrative — tending to penetrate; piercing.
- perceivable — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivedly — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perforative — that perforates readily
- persecutive — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspective — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- picked over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pile driver — a machine for driving piles, usually composed of a tall framework in which either a weight is raised and dropped on a pile head or in which a steam hammer drives the pile.
- pile-driver — a machine for driving piles, usually composed of a tall framework in which either a weight is raised and dropped on a pile head or in which a steam hammer drives the pile.
- pitt-rivers — Augustus (Henry Lane Fox).1827–1900, British archaeologist; first inspector of ancient monuments (1882): assembled a major anthropological collection of tools and weapons (now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford)
- placerville — a town in central California; 19th-century gold-mining center.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced