11-letter words containing t, r, a, v, e
- penetrative — tending to penetrate; piercing.
- perforative — that perforates readily
- 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.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- preadaptive — tending to preadapt, causing preadaptation
- predicative — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- preparative — preparatory.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- private bar — the saloon or lounge bar of a public house
- private eye — a private detective.
- private key — (cryptography) A piece of data used in private-key cryptography and public-key cryptography. In the former the private key is known by both sender and recipient whereas in the latter it is known only to the sender.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- privateness — the quality of being private
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- quaver rest — a musical rest or silence that lasts for the equivalent of a quaver or eighth note
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- re-evaluate — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- reactivated — to render active again; revive.
- readvertise — to advertise (something) again
- reaggravate — to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness.
- rebarbative — causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- reevaluated — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reinnervate — to restore a lost nerve supply to (a muscle, nerve, etc) by surgery or regeneration
- reiterative — to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- rejuvenated — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- relative to — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- remotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
- reprivatize — to restore to private control; remove from governmental jurisdiction.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- repudiative — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir