10-letter words containing v, i, r
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overfulfil — to fulfil to a greater degree than required
- overijssel — a province in the E Netherlands. Capital: Zwolle.
- overimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- overinform — to animate or inform excessively
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- overmighty — too forceful
- overnicely — in an overnice manner
- overoffice — to exercise power over by virtue of one's office
- overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
- overpriced — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overrefine — to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions.
- overridden — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- overriding — taking precedence over all other considerations.
- overruling — the act or instance of ruling over another
- overseeing — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- overstrain — to exert, tax, or use (resources) to an excessive extent
- overstride — to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
- overstrike — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- overtimely — untimely
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwinter — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- ovipositor — (in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- papaverine — a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C 2 0 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- pelvimeter — an instrument used to measure the pelvis
- pelvimetry — measurement of the diameters of the female pelvis, especially the birth canal.
- perceiving — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- persistive — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- perversion — the act of perverting.
- perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
- perversive — tending to pervert.