13-letter words containing a, l, v, p
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- plain vanilla — having no embellishments, extra equipment, elaborate packaging, etc.; plain; simple; down-to-earth: I want a plain-vanilla car without a lot of chrome trim.
- plain-vanilla — having no embellishments, extra equipment, elaborate packaging, etc.; plain; simple; down-to-earth: I want a plain-vanilla car without a lot of chrome trim.
- plano-concave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- present value — current monetary worth
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
- private label — the label of a product, or the product itself, sold under the name of a wholesaler or retailer, by special arrangement with the manufacturer or producer.
- proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- reverse plate — a plate for printing a reverse.
- river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.