13-letter words containing v, e, r
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- observatories — Plural form of observatory.
- observer team — a team deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- ovariectomize — (transitive) To remove the ovaries from.
- over a barrel — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- over and over — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- over the moon — extremely joyful
- over the odds — more than is expected, necessary, etc
- over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-achiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- over-contract — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- over-cropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- over-effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- over-estimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- over-exercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- over-exerting — to exert excessively.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- over-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- over-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.