11-letter words containing r, s, v
- ovuliferous — holding ovules
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- papovavirus — any of a group of DNA-containing human and animal viruses, including polyoma viruses and some papillomaviruses, most of which produce tumors.
- persecutive — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- perseverant — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- perseverate — to repeat something insistently or redundantly: to perseverate in reminding children of their responsibilities.
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspective — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- pitt-rivers — Augustus (Henry Lane Fox).1827–1900, British archaeologist; first inspector of ancient monuments (1882): assembled a major anthropological collection of tools and weapons (now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford)
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prepositive — (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- previous to — before, prior to
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- primitivism — a recurrent theory or belief, as in philosophy or art, that the qualities of primitive or chronologically early cultures are superior to those of contemporary civilization.
- privateness — the quality of being private
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prokopyevsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisioner — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quaver rest — a musical rest or silence that lasts for the equivalent of a quaver or eighth note
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- r.s.v.p.'ed — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- radiovision — television.
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- readvertise — to advertise (something) again
- rear vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a great vassal to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- reclusively — in a reclusive manner, as or like a recluse; reclusely
- recursively — pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
- rediscovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- reductivism — reductionism.