10-letter words containing p, r, o, v
- misimprove — to make worse in trying to make better
- not proven — a third verdict available to Scottish courts, returned when there is evidence against the defendant but insufficient to convict
- objvprolog — Logic programming and object-orientation, an adaptation of the ObjVlisp model to Prolog.
- open cover — a cover of a set consisting entirely of open sets.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- over-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overexpose — to expose too much, as to the sun, cold, or light rays (often used reflexively): Be careful of overexposing yourself to the sun.
- overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overpeople — to overpopulate: The town has been overpeopled by those leaving the farms.
- overplaced — placed above
- overpotent — excessively potent or powerful
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overreport — to report too frequently or in too much detail
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- paper over — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- 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.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- 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.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- pop server — Post Office Protocol
- porto novo — Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- 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.
- preapprove — to speak or consider favorably (sometimes followed by of): Mother didn't approve of him. The boss wouldn't approve of the plan. He said that he approved.
- predevelop — to develop in advance
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- preversion — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.