9-letter words containing d, e, v, o, r
- overheard — to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- overindex — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- overinked — printed using too much ink
- overjoyed — to cause to feel great joy or delight; elate: It overjoys me to hear of your good fortune. I was overjoyed at her safe arrival.
- overladen — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overproud — excessively proud.
- overrated — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- overrider — either of two metal or rubber attachments fitted to the bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent the bumpers interlocking with those of another vehicle
- overrigid — too rigid
- oversexed — having an unusually strong sexual drive.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overstood — simple past tense and past participle of overstand.
- overstudy — excessive study.
- overtaxed — taxed too heavily
- overtimid — extremely timid
- overtired — If you are overtired, you are so tired that you feel unhappy or bad-tempered, or feel that you cannot do things properly.
- overtrade — to trade in excess of one's capital or the requirements of the market.
- overvivid — strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.
- overwound — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- pre-loved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- predevote — predestined, predetermined
- provender — dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder.
- proverbed — a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- recovered — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- red rover — a children's game in which two teams, some distance apart, face each other and take turns designating an opposing player to run toward their line. Any player who fails to break through their clasped hands becomes a member of that team.
- redevelop — to develop (something) again.
- redivorce — to divorce again
- removedly — in a removed, remote, or distant manner
- rock dove — a European pigeon, Columba livia, from which most domestic pigeons have been developed.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- stevedore — a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
- tide over — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- uncovered — having no cover or covering.
- undervote — a vote that is cast but is legally invalid
- unfavored — regarded or treated with preference or partiality: Her beauty made her the favored child.
- unprovide — to fail to supply necessary requirements or provisions; to divest
- unremoved — remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
- unrevoked — not revoked, withdrawn, or cancelled
- van doren — Carl, 1885–1950, U.S. writer.
- velodrome — a sports arena equipped with a banked track for cycling.