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12-letter words containing o, r, v

  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • overseas cap — a soft, brimless military cap
  • oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
  • overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • oversimplify — make too simple
  • overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
  • overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
  • overstressed — to lay stress on; emphasize.
  • oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
  • overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
  • overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
  • overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
  • owl's clover — any of several western American plants belonging to the genus Orthocarpus, of the figwort family, having dense spikes of flowers in a variety of colors with conspicuous bracts.
  • owl's-clover — any of a genus (Orthocarpus) of plants of the figwort family of W North and South America; esp., a California species (O. purpurascens) with red or purple upper leaves
  • owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
  • parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
  • parrot fever — psittacosis.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
  • people mover — any of various forms of mass transit, as moving sidewalks or automated driverless vehicles, used for transporting people along limited, fixed routes, as around airports or congested urban areas.
  • performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
  • perseverator — a person who perseverates
  • pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
  • petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
  • photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
  • photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
  • picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
  • piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
  • pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
  • polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
  • pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
  • polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
  • pons varolii — pons (def 1).
  • popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
  • post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
  • power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
  • power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
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