10-letter words containing o, t, a, v, r
- over-react — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- 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.
- overassert — to assert too much or too strongly
- overbeaten — beaten too much or too many times
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- overeating — Gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health).
- overheated — Someone who is overheated is very angry about something.
- overlearnt — relating to repetitive practice or learning
- overmantel — situated above a mantelpiece.
- overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
- overmatter — overset (def 6).
- overmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overstated — If an account or a figure on an account is overstated, the amount that is reported on the financial statement is more than it should be.
- overstayer — a person who illegally remains in a country after the period of the permitted visit has expired
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- overtaught — taught to excess
- overthwart — to lie across
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- recitativo — recitative2 .
- remotivate — to motivate again
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- renovation — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- renovative — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- retroviral — A retroviral is any one of a group of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase (= an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA), including the virus that causes AIDS.
- revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revocatory — revoking or tending to revoke; containing or expressing a revocation
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- start over — begin again
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.