10-letter words containing o, v, t, e, s
- overcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of overcast.
- overcostly — Too costly. (from 16th c.).
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
- overmodest — extremely modest
- 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
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- overstored — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- overstorey — the highest level of trees in a rainforest
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overstress — overemphasize.
- overstrewn — scattered over
- overstride — to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
- overstrike — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- overstrong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- overstruck — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- rootserver — any of a small number of important large servers on the internet that match addresses at the top-domain level
- scoot over — come quickly
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- servomotor — a motor or the like forming part of a servomechanism.
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- seven-spot — a playing card the face of which bears seven pips.
- 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.
- shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- soft serve — frozen custard
- sotto voce — in a low, soft voice so as not to be overheard.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- start over — begin again