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10-letter words containing r, e, v, t

  • overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
  • pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
  • pelvimeter — an instrument used to measure the pelvis
  • pelvimetry — measurement of the diameters of the female pelvis, especially the birth canal.
  • perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
  • perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
  • permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
  • perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
  • 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.
  • perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
  • pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
  • portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
  • prattville — a town in central Alabama.
  • preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
  • predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
  • preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
  • preevident — plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased. It was evident that the project was a total failure.
  • preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • presentive — notional (def 7).
  • pretensive — pretentious
  • prevenient — coming before; antecedent.
  • prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
  • preventive — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
  • privatized — (of the production of goods or services) transferred from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
  • privatizer — a person who promotes or facilitates privatization (of publicly owned businesses or services)
  • pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • 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.
  • productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • projective — of or relating to projection.
  • protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
  • protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
  • protervity — petulance
  • 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.
  • provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
  • proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
  • proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative
  • purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
  • ravagement — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
  • ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
  • re-elevate — to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
  • reactivate — to render active again; revive.
  • reactively — tending to react.
  • reactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
  • reality tv — reality television: unscripted programs
  • recidivate — to engage in recidivism; relapse.
  • recidivist — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
  • recitative — of the nature of or resembling recitation or declamation.
  • recitativo — recitative2 .
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