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12-letter words containing o, v, e, t

  • overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
  • overornament — to decorate excessively
  • overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
  • overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
  • overreactive — tending to react.
  • overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
  • overreported — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • oversaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • 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
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
  • 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.
  • poppet valve — A poppet valve is a disk-shaped intake or exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine.
  • 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.
  • positive ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
  • positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
  • positiveness — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
  • positivities — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
  • post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • post-tussive — of or relating to a cough.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postpositive — (of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
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