10-letter words containing o, r, v, a
- observator — (obsolete) An observer.
- olive drab — a deep olive color.
- on average — more or less
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- oral vowel — an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization
- orangevale — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- orb weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Argiopidae, characterized by loosely woven, spiraling webs that have support lines radiating outward from the center.
- ordinative — Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- ovariotomy — incision into or removal of an ovary.
- oven-ready — (of various foods) bought already prepared so that they are ready to be cooked in the oven
- over again — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- over-alert — abnormally alert
- over-break — earth or rock excavated outside of neat lines.
- over-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- over-react — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- overaffect — To have too great an effect on.
- overarched — Simple past tense and past participle of overarch.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overassert — to assert too much or too strongly
- overassess — To assess too often.
- overbanked — Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
- overbarren — Excessively barren.
- overbeaten — beaten too much or too many times
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overcharge — to charge (a purchaser) too high a price: When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- overdosage — Excessive dosage; taking too much of a pharmaceutical drug.
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- overdrawer — a person who overdraws something, especially a bank account.
- overeating — Gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health).
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overfavour — to favour too much
- overglance — to glance over
- overgrazed — to graze (land) to excess.
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overheated — Someone who is overheated is very angry about something.