10-letter words containing o, v, u
- omnivorous — eating both animal and plant foods.
- ossivorous — bone-eating
- outachieve — (transitive) To surpass in achievement; to achieve more than.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outdeliver — to surpass or outdo in delivery
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- outvillain — to outdo in villainy
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- over-drunk — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- over-focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- over-fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- over-under — (of double-barreled firearms) with one barrel mounted over the other.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overblouse — a blouse designed to be worn outside the waistband of a skirt or a pair of slacks.
- overbought — marked by prices considered unjustifiably high because of extensive buying: The stock market is overbought now. Compare oversold.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- overbudget — costing or being more than the amount alloted or budgeted: The building is half-finished and it's already overbudget.
- overburden — to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- overclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcloud.
- overcolour — (transitive) To exaggerate.
- overdubbed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdub.
- overfavour — to favour too much
- overfulfil — to fulfil to a greater degree than required
- overground — In an overground transport system, vehicles run on the surface of the ground, rather than below it.
- overhonour — to honour too highly
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overlabour — excessive toil
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overmature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- overruling — the act or instance of ruling over another
- overrunner — someone who or something that overruns
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- 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)
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- overtaught — taught to excess
- overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
- overturned — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- overturner — a person who overturns
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.