12-letter words containing s, o, v, e, r, i
- nonsovereign — Not sovereign.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- normotensive — characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- over-indexes — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- over-precise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- over-promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overexercise — to exercise excessively
- overfineness — excessive fineness
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overniceness — the quality of being overnice
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overripeness — the state of being too ripe
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- previsionary — having foresight
- prison fever — typhus.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.