8-letter words containing p, e, v
- overleap — to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overpark — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- overpart — to give (an actor) too difficult a role
- overpass — a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- overpeer — to tower over
- overpert — too insolent
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overplot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overpost — to hurry over
- overpump — to pump too much so as to deplete
- overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- overstep — to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.
- overtrip — to tread lightly over
- overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
- overwrap — to cover with a wrapping
- pageview — one viewing of a web page; a single visit: Tracking pageviews is a way of predicting the advertising potential of a website.
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- palstave — a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
- paravane — an underwater defensive device against mines, consisting of a pair of torpedo-shaped vanes towed at the bow of a ship, usually a minesweeper, by cables that can cut the cable of a moored mine, causing the mine to rise to the surface, where it can be destroyed or removed from the water.
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- parvenue — a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position
- passover — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- pavonine — of or like a peacock.
- perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceval — Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- perviate — to enter, bore into, or run through
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- picowave — to irradiate (food) with gamma rays in order to retard spoilage.
- plausive — applauding.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- preloved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- presolve — to solve beforehand
- prevalue — to value beforehand