12-letter words containing v, r, y
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perfectivity — the state or quality of being (a) perfective
- permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- permittivity — Electricity. the ratio of the flux density produced by an electric field in a given dielectric to the flux density produced by that field in a vacuum.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
- pre-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- preemptively — of or relating to preemption.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preservatory — a preservative
- preventively — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- previsionary — having foresight
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- proxy server — (software, security) (Capitalised) Microsoft's proxy server and proxy gateway, designed to provide extensible firewall and network security. Proxy Server is part of BackOffice.
- pyruvic acid — a water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 4 O 3 , important in many metabolic and fermentative processes, having an odor resembling that of acetic acid, prepared by the dehydration of tartaric acid: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- repetitively — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- repressively — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- rotary valve — a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.