8-letter words containing o, v, i
- octavius — a male given name.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- olivette — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
- olivetti — (company) A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers. Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985. Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name.
- olivinic — of, relating to, or containing olivine
- omissive — neglecting; leaving out.
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- omnivore — someone or something that is omnivorous.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- optative — designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”.
- ottavino — a piccolo
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- outdrive — Drive a golf ball farther than (another player).
- outlived — Simple past tense and past participle of outlive.
- outliver — (obsolete) A survivor.
- outlives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive.
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- outvoice — (transitive) To exceed in noise.
- outvying — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- ovariole — any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- ovarious — belonging or relating to eggs, or consisting of eggs
- ovaritis — oophoritis.
- ovations — Plural form of ovation.
- ovenbird — an American warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that builds an oven-shaped nest of leaves, twigs, etc., on the forest floor.
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- overbill — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
- overbind — To bind or restrict to an excessive extent.
- overbite — occlusion in which the upper incisor teeth overlap the lower ones.
- overboil — To boil excessively.
- overbrim — To flow over the brim; to overflow.
- overcoil — a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
- overedit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
- overfill — to fill too full, so as to cause overflowing.
- overfine — too fine
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overgird — to gird too tightly
- overgive — to give up
- overhair — the outer coat of an animal
- overhigh — too high
- overidle — too idle
- overkill — the capacity of a nation to destroy, by nuclear weapons, more of an enemy than would be necessary for a military victory.
- overkind — too kind
- overking — a supreme king
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overlied — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overlier — someone or something that overlies
- overline — a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- overlive — to live longer than (another person)