13-letter words containing r, o, v, i, n
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- overimitation — a result or product of imitating.
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- overingenious — ingenious to a fault
- overingenuity — the state of being ingenious to a fault
- overinsistent — excessively insistent
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
- overintensity — the state of being too intense
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- overnutrition — the excessive intake of food, especially in unbalanced proportions.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- oversecretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- oversensitive — excessively or unduly sensitive.
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
- pervaporation — Pervaporation is a separation process in which a substance permeates through a membrane and then evaporates.
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
- pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- pre-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
- preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- privatization — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- projection tv — a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode-ray tube, for projecting video images onto a large screen
- prove a point — If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.