10-letter words containing r, e, v, s, p
- perseveres — to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
- persistive — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- perversely — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
- perversive — tending to pervert.
- pop server — Post Office Protocol
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- prepensive — premeditated
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- preservice — of a period before a person begins service
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- pretensive — pretentious
- 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.
- previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- processive — advancing or going forward; progressive: the processive quality of language.
- promissive — implying promise
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
- repressive — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- separative — tending to separate.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- sleep over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleep-over — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- spill over — be full of: emotion
- spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
- supercover — an insurance policy with additional benefits
- superdrive — (storage) Apple Computer, Inc.'s name for a combined DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-RW drive that appeared in the iMac in 2002.
- superheavy — Chemistry, Physics. pertaining to any of a series of elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
- supersaver — a specially reduced fare, as for passengers reserving tickets in advance or traveling during off-peak periods.
- supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- supervisee — a supervised person