8-letter words containing l, e, v, r
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overglad — too glad
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- overhold — to value too highly
- overholy — too holy
- overidle — too idle
- overkill — the capacity of a nation to destroy, by nuclear weapons, more of an enemy than would be necessary for a military victory.
- overlade — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overlard — to cover with lard
- overlate — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- overleaf — on the other side of the page or sheet.
- overleap — to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
- overlend — to lend more money than is economical
- overlewd — too lewd
- overlied — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overlier — someone or something that overlies
- overline — a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- overlive — to live longer than (another person)
- overload — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- overlock — to sew (a seam, hem, or edge) with a particular stitch that prevents fraying
- overlong — too or excessively long
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- overlord — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overloud — too loud
- overlove — love in excess
- overlush — excessively lush
- overmelt — to melt too much
- overmild — too mild
- overmilk — to milk too much
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overplot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overrule — to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
- oversail — a projection
- oversale — the selling of more than is available
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- oversell — to sell more of (a stock, product, etc.) than can be delivered.
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overslow — too slow
- oversold — simple past tense and past participle of oversell.
- oversoul — (especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overtoil — to work too hard
- overveil — to cover over
- overwily — too crafty