9-letter words containing s, a, v
- over-easy — (of fried eggs) turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but with a thin, firm layer on top.
- overbears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbear.
- overcasts — Plural form of overcast.
- overclass — a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.
- overcoats — Plural form of overcoat.
- overdraws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw.
- overfalls — Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.
- overgrass — to grow grass on top of
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overheads — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overroast — to roast for too long so as to spoil
- oversauce — to put too much sauce on
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- overstaff — to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overstare — to outstare
- overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- overswear — to swear again
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- paasikivi — Juho Kusti [yoo -haw koo s-ti] /ˈyʊ hɔ ˈkʊs tɪ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1956, Finnish statesman: president 1946–56.
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- parasceve — preparation
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivism — the quality of being passive.
- passivist — the quality of being passive.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- passivize — If you can passivize a verb or clause, or if it can passivize, you can put the verb in the passive voice.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- 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.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- plasma tv — a television set with a flat-panel screen containing many gas-filled cells that are converted into a plasma when subjected to an electric current, forming the pixels of the display.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- rara avis — a rare person or thing; rarity.
- ravenings — rapacious behaviour and activities
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.