11-letter words containing r, s, v, p, i
- previous to — before, prior to
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- primitivism — a recurrent theory or belief, as in philosophy or art, that the qualities of primitive or chronologically early cultures are superior to those of contemporary civilization.
- privateness — the quality of being private
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provisioner — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- reprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- spider vein — one of a radiating network of dilated capillaries on the skin.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spree-river — a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- springville — a town in central Utah.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supervirile — highly virile
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- supervisory — of, relating to, or having supervision.
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- suppressive — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- survey ship — a vessel designed to carry out research and surveying
- vasopressin — Biochemistry. a peptide hormone, synthesized in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates capillary muscles and reduces the flow of urine and increases its concentration.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- vespertinal — of, relating to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.