9-letter words containing v, e, t, r
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- overcasts — Plural form of overcast.
- overcatch — to overtake
- overcoats — Plural form of overcoat.
- overcount — To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another.
- overdated — outdated
- overdight — covered up
- overdo it — to overtax one's strength, capacity, etc
- overdraft — an act or instance of overdrawing a checking account.
- overeaten — Past participle of overeat.
- overeater — One who eats too much; particularly one who does so regularly.
- overemote — To display emotion excessive for the situation.
- overexact — Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- overexert — to exert excessively.
- overgreat — too great
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overlight — a strong light
- overlimit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- overlusty — too lusty
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- overmount — to surmount
- overnight — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overrated — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- overreact — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overroast — to roast for too long so as to spoil
- overshirt — a pullover sport shirt, worn outside the waistband of a skirt or pair of slacks.
- overshoot — to shoot or go over, beyond, or above; miss: The missile overshot its target.
- overshort — having little length; not long.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- 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.
- oversteer — handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overstock — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstood — simple past tense and past participle of overstand.
- overstory — the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
- overstrew — to strew or scatter over.
- overstudy — excessive study.
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.
- oversweet — having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.