11-letter words containing r, a, p, o, v, e
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- re-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- up-and-over — (of a door, etc) opened by being lifted and moved into a horizontal position
- upper volta — former name of Burkina Faso.
- vapor phase — In its vapor phase a substance can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
- vaporimeter — an instrument for measuring vapor pressure or volume.
- varley loop — a device containing a Wheatstone bridge, for comparing resistances and for locating faults in circuits.
- vasopressin — Biochemistry. a peptide hormone, synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates capillary muscles and reduces the flow of urine and increases its concentration.
- vasopressor — a hormone, as epinephrine, or other agent that raises the blood pressure by causing contraction of the arteriole muscles, narrowing the arteriole passage.
- venographic — of or relating to venography
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- volt-ampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- water vapor — a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling. Compare steam (def 2).