11-letter words containing p, v, s
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- posttussive — of or relating to a cough.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prepositive — (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- previous to — before, prior to
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- primitivism — a recurrent theory or belief, as in philosophy or art, that the qualities of primitive or chronologically early cultures are superior to those of contemporary civilization.
- privateness — the quality of being private
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prokopyevsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisioner — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- r.s.v.p.'ed — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- reprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- reverse arp — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- septavalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- seven pines — Fair Oaks (def 1).
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- spider vein — one of a radiating network of dilated capillaries on the skin.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- split-level — noting a house having a room or rooms that are somewhat above or below adjacent rooms, with the floor levels usually differing by approximately half a story.
- splitsville — the state or condition of being divorced or separated.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spree-river — a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- springville — a town in central Utah.
- stephen vii — died a.d. 931, pope 928–931.