8-letter words containing o, v, e, r
- oversoul — (especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
- overspin — topspin.
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- overstep — to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.
- overstir — to stir too much
- oversuds — to produce too much lather
- oversure — too sure (so as to be presumptuous)
- oversway — to overrule
- overswim — to swim across
- overtake — to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overtame — too tame
- overtart — too bitter
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- overteem — to produce or breed excessively
- overthin — too thin
- overtime — working time before or after one's regularly scheduled working hours; extra working time.
- overtire — to make or become too tired
- overtoil — to work too hard
- overtone — Music. an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
- overtook — simple past tense of overtake.
- overtrim — to trim too much
- overtrip — to tread lightly over
- overture — an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer: overtures of peace; a shy man who rarely made overtures of friendship.
- overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
- overurge — to urge too strongly
- overused — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- overveil — to cover over
- overview — a general outline of a subject or situation; survey or summary.
- overvote — to cast more than the allowed number of votes
- overwarm — to make too warm
- overwary — excessively wary
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- overweak — too weak
- overwear — to use or wear excessively; wear out; exhaust; tax: needlessly overwearing her best workers; phrases overworn by repetition.
- overween — to be conceited or arrogant.
- overwide — too wide
- overwily — too crafty
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overwing — to fly above
- overwire — a spiral-bound book in which the spiral is covered by the spine.
- overwise — excessively or unusually wise: overwise for a child of her age.
- overword — a word that is repeated, as a refrain in a song.
- overwore — simple past tense of overwear.
- overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- overworn — past participle of overwear.
- overwrap — to cover with a wrapping
- overyear — to keep for a following year
- overzeal — an excess of zeal