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14-letter words containing i, v, t, r, a

  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • over-attention — the act or faculty of attending, especially by directing the mind to an object.
  • over-attentive — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
  • over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • overdecoration — excessive decoration
  • overdramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of overdramatize.
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
  • overestimation — An excessive estimation.
  • overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • partial vacuum — an enclosed space from which part of the air or another gas has been removed.
  • passive-matrix — of or relating to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, a type of flat-panel display.
  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • post operative — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • post-operative — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • post-victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
  • postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
  • pre-invitation — the act of inviting.
  • predestinative — predestinating; of the nature of or concerned with predestination
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • preoperatively — in a preoperative context
  • presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
  • preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
  • preventive war — an attack against a possible enemy to prevent an attack by that enemy at a later time.
  • prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
  • private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
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