12-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r, e
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- nonassertive — Not assertive.
- nonnarrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- nonnormative — Not normative.
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- over-the-air — of or relating to any means of broadcast transmission.
- overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdecorate — To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overornament — to decorate excessively
- overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreactive — tending to react.
- overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
- oversaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime