9-letter words containing p, v, s
- sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- stavropol — a territory of the Russian Federation in Europe, N of the Caucasus. 29,600 sq. mi. (76,960 sq. km).
- stephen v — died a.d. 891, pope 885–891.
- stop over — stay overnight on a journey
- stovepipe — a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.
- super vga — Super Video Graphics Array
- superhive — super (def 3).
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- supervene — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervise — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- superwave — an exceptionally large wave
- vampirish — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vampirism — belief in the existence of vampires.
- vampishly — in a vampish manner
- vanaspati — a hydrogenated vegetable fat commonly used in India as a substitute for butter
- vaporings — instances of boasting
- vasospasm — sudden constriction of an artery, leading to a decrease in its diameter and in the amount of blood it can deliver.
- vespasian — (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) a.d. 9–79, Roman emperor 70–79.
- vide post — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see after
- viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vulpinism — the characteristics of a fox