11-letter words containing v, e, r
- 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)
- placerville — a town in central California; 19th-century gold-mining center.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- pore volume — The pore volume is the total volume of very small openings in a bed of adsorbent particles.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- pre-emptive — of or relating to preemption.
- 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.
- preconceive — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- predelivery — the act of delivering in advance of need, use or expectation of the thing delivered
- 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.
- premonitive — of, or relating to, a premonition
- premovement — the act of premoving
- preparative — preparatory.
- 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.
- 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.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- preteritive — (of verbs) limited to past tenses.
- 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.
- prevenience — the act or state of being prevenient
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- previous to — before, prior to
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- prime mover — Mechanics. the initial agent, as wind or electricity, that puts a machine in motion. a machine, as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source.
- primitively — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- 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
- privileging — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- 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.
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.