10-letter words containing a, l, v, p
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- prattville — a town in central Alabama.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- 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.
- 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.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- 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.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provokable — able to be provoked
- pulverable — capable of being pulverized; pulverizable.
- putatively — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- reapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- reprovable — deserving of reproof.
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- supravital — pertaining to or involving a staining method for a preparation of living cells.
- travel rep — A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep.
- unplausive — not applauding; disapproving
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- valledupar — a city in N Colombia.
- valparaiso — Spanish Valparaíso [bahl-pah-rah-ee-saw] /ˌbɑl pɑ rɑˈi sɔ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in central Chile.
- vanpooling — the sharing of a van to commute to work
- vapor load — A vapor load is the amount of a vapor which goes into or comes out of a stage in a distillation process.
- vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
- vapulation — the act of beating or whipping
- villa park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- vine maple — a maple, Acer circinatum, of the western coast of North America, often having vinelike or prostrate stems that form dense thickets.
- voltampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- vp-planner — (tool, product) A spreadsheet from Paperback Software. It has a graph menu within the spreadsheet program (with CGA graphics). The graphs are updated every time the graph screen is activated.
- vulpecular — pertaining to or resembling a fox; vulpine.