9-letter words containing p, o, v
- overapply — To apply to excess.
- overcheap — too cheap
- overcrops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrop.
- overequip — to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively
- overhappy — too happy
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
- overperch — to fly up to perch on
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overpoise — the action of weighing down on something
- overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
- overpress — to oppress
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overprize — to prize too highly; overvalue.
- overproof — containing a greater proportion of alcohol than proof spirit does.
- overproud — excessively proud.
- overripen — to make or become too ripe
- oversharp — too sharp
- oversleep — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- overspill — to spill over.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- oviparity — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- oviraptor — a bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a toothless jaw and long forelimbs with clawed fingers
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- par avion — by plane (used especially as a designation on matter to be sent by airmail).
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pavarotti — Luciano [loo-chee-ah-noh;; Italian loo-chah-naw] /ˌlu tʃiˈɑ noʊ;; Italian luˈtʃɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1935–2007, Italian operatic tenor.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- pavlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals.
- pavonazzo — a type of veined (usually red) Italian marble
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- pick over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pivotally — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.