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9-letter words containing v, o, w

  • overswell — to overflow
  • overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
  • overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • overtower — to tower above
  • overwatch — to watch over.
  • overwater — to give too much water to
  • overweary — excessively weary; tired out.
  • overweigh — to exceed in weight; overbalance or outweigh: a respected opinion that overweighs the others.
  • overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
  • overwound — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
  • overwrest — to strain too much
  • overwrite — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
  • overwrote — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
  • semivowel — Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
  • shockwave — (tool)   A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
  • shoreview — a town in E Minnesota.
  • shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • slow oven — an oven heated to a relatively low temperature, for slow, or gradual, cooking
  • slow wave — delta wave.
  • spoolview — (tool)   A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
  • swingover — a shift or transfer in attitude, opinion, or the like.
  • take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
  • throwover — designed to fit loosely over an object without being tied to it
  • vaporware — Computer Slang. a product, especially software, that is promoted or marketed while it is still in development and that may never be produced.
  • viewpoint — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
  • vote down — proposal: defeat
  • wakeovers — Plural form of wakeover.
  • walk over — If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly.
  • walkovers — Plural form of walkover.
  • warm over — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • wash over — water: cover
  • wave down — If someone waves down a vehicle, they wave their hand as a signal to the driver to stop the vehicle.
  • wave moth — any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave (Deilinia exanthemata), with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave (D. pusaria)
  • wave-form — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
  • waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
  • wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
  • whereover — (archaic) Over what.
  • whosoever — Whichever person; whoever.
  • whysoever — Form of whyever.
  • windhover — the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.
  • wingovers — Plural form of wingover.
  • wire-wove — made of woven wire.
  • wolverene — Alternative spelling of wolverine.
  • wolverine — Also called carcajou. a stocky, carnivorous North American mammal, Gulo luscus, of the weasel family, having blackish, shaggy hair with white markings.
  • wolvishly — in the manner of a wolf
  • woodhaven — a city in SE Michigan.
  • woodreeve — a steward responsible for a wood
  • woodstove — A stove that burns wood, or is designed to do so.
  • woodville — Elizabeth. ?1437–92, wife of Edward IV of England and mother of Edward V
  • work over — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
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