9-letter words containing v, o, u
- overequip — to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively
- overflush — too flush
- overfocus — to focus too much
- overfussy — too fussy
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overissue — an excessive issue of stocks or bonds, as in excess of the needs of the business or in excess of charter authorization.
- overlusty — too lusty
- overmount — to surmount
- overproud — excessively proud.
- overquick — too quick: Let's not be overquick to criticize.
- overruler — someone who overrules another
- oversauce — to put too much sauce on
- overstudy — excessive study.
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- overtrust — to trust too much
- overvalue — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overwound — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- ovimbundu — Mbundu (def 1).
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- ovulation — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- ovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- prove out — to show or be shown to be satisfactory, accurate, true, etc.
- pull over — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- push over — shove to the ground
- quotative — (linguistics) Form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
- revelrous — of or relating to revelry
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- ruvo kale — broccoli rabe.
- sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
- savouries — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- serve out — dish up, distribute: food
- should've — Should've is the usual spoken form of 'should have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- shovelful — the amount held by a shovel.
- sous vide — the technique of cooking ingredients in a vacuum-sealed plastic pouch, usually for a long time at a low temperature.
- sous-vide — the technique of cooking ingredients in a vacuum-sealed plastic pouch, usually for a long time at a low temperature.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- sun visor — a flap, usually of padded cardboard, acetate, or the like, that is attached inside a vehicle above the windshield and can be swung down to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.