13-letter words containing v, i, l, e
- 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.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overcivilized — excessively civilized
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- overfertilize — to apply too much fertilizer to
- overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- overglamorize — to glamorize excessively
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overmultitude — to exceed in number
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- overtalkative — characterized by a tendency to talk excessively
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- perivitelline — located around the vitellus (yolk) of an egg
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- philippeville — former name of Skikda.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
- pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.