10-letter words containing p, r, i, v
- naperville — a city in NE Illinois.
- nevirapine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV and AIDS.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- papaverine — a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C 2 0 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- pelvimeter — an instrument used to measure the pelvis
- pelvimetry — measurement of the diameters of the female pelvis, especially the birth canal.
- perceiving — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- persistive — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
- perversive — tending to pervert.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pine grove — a group of pine trees that are close together
- poliovirus — any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.
- portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- prattville — a town in central Alabama.
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- preevident — plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased. It was evident that the project was a total failure.
- prepensive — premeditated
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- preservice — of a period before a person begins service
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- pretensive — pretentious
- prevail on — to persuade; induce