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13-letter words containing r, e, v, o

  • overrun screw — A variety of fandango on core produced by a C program scribbling past the end of an array (C implementations typically have no checks for this error). This is relatively benign and easy to spot if the array is static; if it is auto, the result may be to smash the stack - often resulting in heisenbugs of the most diabolical subtlety. The term "overrun screw" is used especially of scribbles beyond the end of arrays allocated with malloc; this typically overwrites the allocation header for the next block in the arena, producing massive lossage within malloc and often a core dump on the next operation to use stdio or malloc itself. See spam, overrun; see also memory leak, memory smash, aliasing bug, precedence lossage, fandango on core, secondary damage.
  • oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • oversecretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
  • oversensitive — excessively or unduly sensitive.
  • overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
  • oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • overstability — the state of being excessively stable
  • overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • overstimulate — to stimulate too much
  • overstretched — to stretch excessively.
  • oversubscribe — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • oversweetness — the state of being too sweet
  • overtalkative — characterized by a tendency to talk excessively
  • overtreatment — the act or instance of giving too much medical treatment
  • overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
  • overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
  • overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
  • pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
  • papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
  • perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
  • pervaporation — Pervaporation is a separation process in which a substance permeates through a membrane and then evaporates.
  • petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
  • petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
  • piss all over — to be far superior to
  • pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
  • popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
  • postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
  • potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
  • potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
  • poverty level — poverty line.
  • pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
  • pre-developed — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
  • pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
  • pre-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
  • preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
  • prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
  • prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
  • preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
  • prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
  • prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
  • prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
  • private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
  • proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • problem-solve — find solutions
  • proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
  • profit motive — the desire for profit that motivates one to engage in business ventures.
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