11-letter words containing p, v
- herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
- http server — (web) (Or "web server") A server process running at a website which sends out web pages in response to HTTP requests from remote browsers. If one site runs more than one server they must use different port numbers. Alternatively, several hostnames may be mapped to the same computer in which case they are known as "virtual servers".
- hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- hyperovaria — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hypervalent — (chemistry) having a higher than normal valence.
- hypervisors — Plural form of hypervisor.
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- hypotensive — characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.
- hypovolemia — A decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- impassively — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impassivity — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- imperatival — of, relating to, or characteristic of the grammatical imperative.
- imperatives — Plural form of imperative.
- imperviable — Impervious.
- implicative — tending to implicate or imply; characterized by or involving implication.
- import levy — a charge imposed on imported goods to raise the price to as least as high as the price would be in the country the goods are being imported to
- improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- improvident — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- improvisate — To improvise; to extemporize.
- improvisers — Plural form of improviser.
- improvising — Present participle of improvise.
- improvision — (obsolete) The lack of provision, a failure to provide something.
- impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- impulsivity — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inceptively — In an inceptive manner.
- inexpensive — not expensive; not high in price; costing little.
- inexplosive — not explosive; incapable of exploding or being exploded.
- 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
- ivan pavlov — Ivan Petrovich [ee-vahn pyi-traw-vyich] /iˈvɑn pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1936, Russian physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1904.
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
- larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- 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.
- love potion — a magical potion believed to arouse love or sexual passion toward a specified person, especially the person offering it.
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
- mauvais pas — a place that presents a particular difficulty on a climb or walk
- misperceive — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- moving jpeg — (graphics, compression) (M-JPEG) A compression technique for moving images which applies JPEG still image compression to each frame of a moving picture sequence. Play-back requires a machine capable of decompressing and displaying each JPEG image quickly enough to sustain the required frame rate of the picture sequence. There is no standard for Moving JPEG as with JPEG, but there are JPEG compression chips (for example see Zoran) which are designed to work at television frame rates and resolutions. See also MPEG and MPEG2.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- mpeg-4 hvxc — MPEG-4 Harmonic Vector eXCitation
- napa valley — a valley in Napa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of N California, noted for its wine production