9-letter words containing o, v, e, r, a
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overheads — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overheard — to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overladen — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overlarge — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- overlearn — to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall.
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overrated — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- overreach — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreact — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overroast — to roast for too long so as to spoil
- oversauce — to put too much sauce on
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- overstaff — to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overstare — to outstare
- overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- overswear — to swear again
- overtaxed — taxed too heavily
- overteach — to teach too much
- overtrade — to trade in excess of one's capital or the requirements of the market.
- overtrain — to train excessively
- overtreat — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- overvalue — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overwatch — to watch over.
- overwater — to give too much water to
- overweary — excessively weary; tired out.
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- portative — capable of being carried; portable.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- rake over — If you say that someone is raking over something that has been said, done, or written in the past, you mean that they are examining and discussing it in detail, in a way that you do not think is very pleasant.