7-letter words containing r, v
- overred — to paint over in red
- overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- oversad — sadder than necessary
- oversaw — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- oversea — over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
- oversee — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- overset — to upset or overturn; overthrow.
- oversew — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- oversow — to sow again after first sowing
- oversup — to eat or drink too much
- overtax — to tax too heavily.
- overtip — to give too much money to (a waiter, etc) as a tip
- overtly — openly; publicly.
- overtop — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- overuse — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- overwet — to make or become too wet
- oviform — having a shape resembling that of an egg; egg-shaped; ovoid.
- ovipara — oviparous animals considered collectively
- ovulary — the part of a plant's anatomy where ovules develop
- palaver — a conference or discussion.
- papaver — a genus of poppies including over 120 species
- parvati — the wife of Shiva and the benevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- parvenu — a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- paviour — a person that paves; paver.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- peevers — hopscotch
- perv on — to make unwanted sexual advances towards
- pervade — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervert — to affect with perversion.
- pevsner — Antoine (ɑ̃twan). 1886–1962, French constructivist sculptor and painter, born in Russia; brother of Naum Gabo
- pivoter — someone who pivots
- plovery — characterized by or having many plovers
- poovery — male homosexuality
- popover — a puffed muffin with a hollow center, made with a batter of flour, salt, egg, and milk.
- poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
- pranava — the word “Om.”.
- pravity — depravity, moral degeneracy, perversion
- preaver — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- precava — See under vena cava.
- predive — happening or carried out before a dive
- premove — to prompt to action
- prepave — to plan a journey (esp spiritual) in advance
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prevene — to come before; to anticipate
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- preverb — a element before the root of a verb that combines to form a lexical unit, as post- in postdate.
- prévert — Jacques (ʒak). 1900–77, Parisian poet, satirist, and writer of film scripts, noted esp for his song poems. He was a member of the surrealist group from 1925 to 1929
- preview — an earlier or previous view.
- previse — to foresee.
- prevost — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1862–1941, French novelist and dramatist.