10-letter words containing v, a, p
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- palliative — serving to palliate.
- palm civet — any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- panslavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- papaverine — a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C 2 0 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
- paper over — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- parkleaves — a species of St John's wort
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- passivists — the quality of being passive.
- pea weevil — a seed beetle, Bruchus pisorum, the larvae of which live in and feed on the seeds of the pea plant.
- peace dove — dove1 (def 5).
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- pizza oven — an oven, traditionally round in shape and wood-fired, for cooking pizza
- plainville — a town in N Connecticut.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- prattville — a town in central Alabama.
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- preapprove — to speak or consider favorably (sometimes followed by of): Mother didn't approve of him. The boss wouldn't approve of the plan. He said that he approved.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevenance — assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- primaveral — of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- 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)
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- 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.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- provencale — (sometimes lowercase) cooked, usually in olive oil, with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and herbs.
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.