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 .