11-letter words containing v, a, p
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potato vine — a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- preadaptive — tending to preadapt, causing preadaptation
- preapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- preapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- predicative — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preparative — preparatory.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- 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.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- privacy act — an act that protects a person against the unauthorized use of personal data by any government agency
- 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
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- 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.
- proactivity — 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.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocation — the act of provoking.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- provocatory — tending to provoke
- pulp cavity — the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punctuative — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
- re-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- 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.
- reverse arp — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse