12-letter words containing v, o, r, a, n
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- orange grove — small orchard of orange trees
- orange-river — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overbearance — (rare, or, obsolete) Overbearing behaviour; arrogance; imperiousness.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overmannered — excessively mannered
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- overornament — to decorate excessively
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overrashness — the act of being overrash
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- pons varolii — pons (def 1).
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- previsionary — having foresight