13-letter words containing e, v, r, n, t
- overassertion — assertion of something to an excessive or unnecessary degree
- overattention — too much attention
- overattentive — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overconfident — too confident.
- overconstruct — to construct excessively
- overdependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- overdetermine — Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overenergetic — excessively energetic
- overextension — to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
- overexuberant — effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.
- overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- overimitation — a result or product of imitating.
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- overingenuity — the state of being ingenious to a fault
- overinsistent — excessively insistent
- overintensity — the state of being too intense
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overnutrition — the excessive intake of food, especially in unbalanced proportions.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- overrepresent — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
- oversecretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- oversensitive — excessively or unduly sensitive.
- overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- oversweetness — the state of being too sweet
- overtreatment — the act or instance of giving too much medical treatment
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- perivitelline — located around the vitellus (yolk) of an egg
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
- pervaporation — Pervaporation is a separation process in which a substance permeates through a membrane and then evaporates.
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- pre-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
- preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- present value — current monetary worth
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- preuniversity — of the period before attending university
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- 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.